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Another small Southern paper gutted

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by e_bowker, May 16, 2013.

  1. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Riptool, you're definitely a pro wiper. :D
     
  2. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Boone isn't a carpetbagger. It's headquartered in Tuscaloosa and it's flagship is 50 miles south of Vicksburg. Smalltown chain that owns the likes of Selma, etc.
     
  3. Shoeless Joe

    Shoeless Joe Active Member

    If you're raiding someone down on their luck, making a profit off their misfortune, and making it worse ... you are a proverbial carpetbagger if not a geographic one. Scum is scum.
     
  4. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Vicksburg was a great town and even better city.
     
  5. Tarheel316

    Tarheel316 Well-Known Member

    Sounds like a Gordon Gekko-type operation. Unfortunately.
     
  6. fossywriter8

    fossywriter8 Well-Known Member

    Newspaper bigwig: Think of the overhead we'll save if we fire everyone!
    Board members: Harrumph, harrumph.
     
  7. Told off any bigwig?
     
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