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>If the owners are that desperate, maybe they should >sell to Scaife now and avoid the Christmas rush. > >>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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