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>Sad thing is that describing a presidential candidate >as "wonky" passes for cutting edge journalism. The >remaining reporters should clear out while they still >can. > > > >>>I just heard there was another, minor round of >layoffs >>>at the BCT. Three reporters is what I heard. Can >>>anyone confirm? >> >>I heard from someone close to the subject that it was >>three reporters and a couple circulation people. >>I also heard that the paper is down to eight reporters >>with five - yes five - editors overseeing them. >>I heard the editor, after axing three more people, was >>whistling and joking in the newsroom as if nothing had >>happened. They say he notified his staff about the >>layoffs through e-mail. >>If you've seen the BCT lately, you know it's become a >>pathetic joke. >>Paid obits take up most of the inside pages. They send >>reporters out to fashion critique major presidential >>campaigns and allow racist typos (oops!) into ads. >>Wonder if any of the past cuts had anything to do with >>that major embarrassment? >>From what I've heard, the paranoid publisher has >>installed video cameras all over the building along >>with fingerprint scanners to monitor his serfs. I hear >>they're also watching people through computer >>sign-ons. >>What a scum outfit! >>I feel sorry for the few first-rate journalists who >>still work there.

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