Reader sues Raleigh N&O for cutting staff, paper size

Excuse me ... I'm going out to "lunch" for a bit.

I'm definitely NOT going to find a fall guy to file a similar suit against my paper in my name should the need arise.

 

Um ... how in God's name would the paper lose this suit?

Selling a piece of shit newspaper isn't against the law.

 

Like what the EE said -- and it's not going to have an negative bearing on any suit, if it even gets to trial. Tempest in a teapot.

 

Good thing, too --- the "community" segment of the industry would be in deep shit.

 

Perhaps. But if I'm a real reader, I'm also pissed off at the EE's flippant attitude regard the concerns of a declining product. If he's that casual with concerns, will my concerns as a reader (not me, but an actual subscriber) matter to the N&O? Not by his attitude. So I cancel my subscription and look elsewhere -- maybe the free on-line version -- for my news...

 

I've got some women to sue for not sleeping with me.

 

Well, shit.

 

Hempstead's heart is in the right place, but I'd doubt he would win much other than his subscription refunded.

And I agree with the others on here. The EE's 'joke' was not very funny.

 

Just some?

 

But did those women "alter" their looks before not sleeping with you.

 

If this reader believes he's getting an inferior product, why is he bothering to 1. read it, 2. pay for it?

 

I agree with you, Slappy. Newspapers can use any good PR these days, and that quote couldn't possibly enhance the paper's relationship with its readers. Even if he was joking, it was a poor choice of words.