Washington Post to reprint RNC releases as news...

[rfranklin]

Management decides to dispense with the distorting lens of journalism...

Washington Post to cut 80 newsroom positions
Friday 10 March 2006, 5:28pm EST

NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - The Washington Post Co. plans to cut 80 positions from the Washington Post's editorial staff as it grapples with a steady decline in circulation, a union representative said on Friday.

The cuts, which are expected to occur within a year, would come through buyouts and attrition, said Rick Weiss, co-chairman of the Washington Post unit of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. He also is science reporter on the Post's national desk.

--more at--
http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN10318340

[Greeby]

1. You mean it isn't already?

:crazy:

[SeattleRob]

2. you read my mind!

I think juat about all media has been reciting Repub Talking points as nes for quite some time.

[Catrina]

3. Yes, and that's why they are losing circulation. If only they would report

the news, maybe they wouldn't be in this position. As for publishing RNC talking points, they've been doing that for a long time, one of the main reasons for their loss of readership.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Great. Jeff Gannon is out of a job.

[Perky]

5. Sign of the times

The internet is a faster mor compelling and convenient medium. why buy a subscription when you can get content online for free?

[madfloridian]

6. Your subject line is misleading. Article doesn't mention RNC.

Kind of misleading.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Declining circulation, could it be that peiople see biased

reporting and simply do not want to read it? Nah, could not be THAT!

[Armstead]

8. Circulation down, so cut staffand give even less reason to read it

Good plan. Like in a restaurant. People don't eat there because you serve crappy food. So fire the kitchebn staff, so the food is even crappier.