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>There may be some talented reporters, but the problem >is the management. When the current executive editor >came on 5+ years ago, he turned the paper from a >respected, local news oriented publication into a >wanna-be New York Times, er, make that The New York >Post ... and a poor impersonation at that. The style >is completely out of touch with the people who live >and work in the area -- and it shows. >Note to mangement; having tabloid headlines does not >equal an increase readership. It will not save the >paper. >I actually live in the area and the locals attitude >toward the BCT is overwhelmingly negative. > > >>Whatever internal problems they may have, they still >>have a pretty good product. Bill Vidonic and Bob >>Bauder are hustling reporters who consistently come up >>with good stuff. JD Prose writes the gutsiest >>political stuff in the region. Their sports section is >>solid. No other suburban paper covers the pro teams as >>extensively as they do. Scott Tady does a good job on >>the entertainment beat. A couple of their photogs >>(Lucy, Sylvester) are very good. >> >>They have 2-3 pages of paid obits daily, which is not >>unusual in an area with a large elderly population. >>But it's completely unfair to say that's filling the >>bulk of their space. >> >>"Pathetic joke" is far from the truth. Now that tag >>could be applied to the McKeesport Daily News.... >> >> >> >> >>>>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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