A) No, he was asked to cut $4 million on top of $10 million a year ago. You're quoting the $50,000 figure from this guy: http://editor.blogspot.com/2008/01/jim-osheas-strange-one-percent-solution...
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A, he was asked to cut $50,000. That isn't even one FTE at the LAT. B, by his statements, it's clear his priorities are misplaced. Rather than talk about the need to beef up local coverage, or do...
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Howard, I am not exactly sure you read the entirety of his remarks. He is simply saying you cannot cut your way to greatness. I would hope that in a day when individual reporters are being are be...
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I have to agree with Howard, totally. This editor followed a string of other editors who were let go when they wouldn't allow lay-offs. What did he expect was going to happen? Did he seriously th...
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Good for O'Shea. The guy is standing up for what he believes in -- quality journalism in the face of difficult times. He seems to remember that while it's a business, the first part of the word i...
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- all due respect to wikipedia but the phrase "voodoo economics" has been around a lot longer than Ronald Reagan. Any theory that is not based on solid empirical research or immutable rules of lo...
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Maybe it's O'Shea!!!!!
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Links: That's how the web works and why bloggers use them, so you can check things out for yourself. No apologies at all. Nothing to apologize for. Go read it yourself. Make up your own mind. Lin...
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so there is. I've got to get over this hasty jump to conclusions, and now i've got to read the whole thing. Abject apologies, Howard
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John, there's something on the post called a link. You can read his comments in full.
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