OT-POL-US newspaper demographics

Demographics of American Newspapers



1 The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.

2 The Washington Post is read by people who think that they run the
country.

3 The New York Times is read by people who think that they should run the
country,
and who are very good at crossword puzzles.

4 USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but
don't really
understand the New York Times. They like their statistics shown in pie
charts.

5 The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country
and did
a far superior job of it.

6 The New York Post is read by people who don't care who is running the
country
as long a they do something really scandalous, preferably while
intoxicated.

7 The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but
who need
the baseball scores.

8 The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure there is a
country...
or that anyone is running it, but they oppose all they stand for. There
are
exceptions if the leaders are handicapped, minority, feminists or dwarfs
who also
happen to be illegal aliens from any other country or galaxy, provided,
of course,
that they are not republicans.

9 The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery
store.

10 The Oregonian is read by people who have recently caught a fish and need
something
to wrap it in.



From my Mom, bless her heart.

Al G

"Al G" wrote in message
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10 The Oregonian is read by people who have recently caught a fish and
need something to wrap it in.

LOL! HTF did The Oregonian get wrapped up in that?! For a minute I
thought I was on or.politics still.

(btw, it's true.)

-c

"Al G" wrote in message
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Demographics of American Newspapers



5 The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the
country and did
a far superior job of it.

I remember years ago Andy Rooney was comparing Sunday Newspapers.

He picked up the Boston Globe and asked "What can you say about a newspaper
that comes wrapped in the funny pages?", and set it aside.....

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:47:33 -0700, "Al G"
wrote in :


1 The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.


That is poised to change:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media...orp_05-02.html
Originally Aired: May 2, 2007

Business Experts Analyze Murdoch's Bid for Dow Jones

Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp. made a $5 billion offer Tuesday to
acquire Dow Jones and its newspaper, the Wall Street Journal. A
business analyst and a journalist discuss the offer's impact.
...

The company would become part of Murdoch's worldwide media empire,
valued at some $70 billion. It includes the FOX television
network, FOX News Channel, 20th Century FOX film studios, and the
New York Post in the U.S., and newspapers and television networks
abroad. Last year, News Corp. also bought the popular social
networking Web site MySpace.



If the infamous Mr. Murdoch is successful in acquiring the WSJ, those
who actually run the country soon won't have anything better than the
National Enquirer to read. :-(


The real issue in this story is not the notorious Mr. Murdoch, but the
concentration of control of what news gets reported in the hands of a
few large corporation.

If you are not already familiar with the documentary video Orwell
Rolls In His Grave, there is an on-line viewable version available
he
http://www.freespeech.org/fscm2/cont...ontent_id=1166

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:47:33 -0700, "Al G"
wrote in :


1 The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the
country.


That is poised to change:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media...orp_05-02.html
Originally Aired: May 2, 2007

Business Experts Analyze Murdoch's Bid for Dow Jones

Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp. made a $5 billion offer Tuesday to
acquire Dow Jones and its newspaper, the Wall Street Journal. A
business analyst and a journalist discuss the offer's impact.
...

The company would become part of Murdoch's worldwide media empire,
valued at some $70 billion. It includes the FOX television
network, FOX News Channel, 20th Century FOX film studios, and the
New York Post in the U.S., and newspapers and television networks
abroad. Last year, News Corp. also bought the popular social
networking Web site MySpace.



If the infamous Mr. Murdoch is successful in acquiring the WSJ, those
who actually run the country soon won't have anything better than the
National Enquirer to read. :-(


The real issue in this story is not the notorious Mr. Murdoch, but the
concentration of control of what news gets reported in the hands of a
few large corporation.

If you are not already familiar with the documentary video Orwell
Rolls In His Grave, there is an on-line viewable version available
he
http://www.freespeech.org/fscm2/cont...ontent_id=1166

While I'm not a huge fan of Murdoch he is not stupid. He is well aware that
if he changes the WSJ to much it will be just another newspaper and he will
lose his investment.

While Fox News may or may not be you cup of tea it filled a gap in news
programing hence its sucsess. It's not like all Murdoch media push what may
or not be his personal agenda. Fox TV makes fun of Fox News all the time.

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:40:11 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in
:

He is well aware that if he changes the WSJ to much it will be just
another newspaper and he will lose his investment.

That's not the real issue.

Should Murdoch acquire the WSJ, and the day comes when there is some
negative news about one of his companies, do you think the WSJ will be
free to publish the story without his censorship?

In article , "Al G"
wrote:

5 The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country
and did a far superior job of it.

gag

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:40:11 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in
:

He is well aware that if he changes the WSJ to much it will be just
another newspaper and he will lose his investment.

That's not the real issue.

Should Murdoch acquire the WSJ, and the day comes when there is some
negative news about one of his companies, do you think the WSJ will be
free to publish the story without his censorship?

Yes, if he knows what's good for him and he probably does.

"El Maximo" wrote in message
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"Al G" wrote in message
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Demographics of American Newspapers



5 The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the
country and did
a far superior job of it.

I remember years ago Andy Rooney was comparing Sunday Newspapers.

He picked up the Boston Globe and asked "What can you say about a
newspaper that comes wrapped in the funny pages?", and set it aside.....


It's ALL the "Funny Pages"!

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
...
In article , "Al G"
wrote:

5 The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the
country
and did a far superior job of it.

gag


Quite!