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Date Posted: 11:15:31 11/05/09 Thu
Author: Pluto
Subject: Re: Sleight of Hand
In reply to: Well-Financed Fantasy 's message, "Re: Sleight of Hand" on 22:14:27 11/04/09 Wed

Walt Disney financed a magic kingdom where nothing is real, but at least it's entertaining. Dick financed a paranoid magic kingdom where nearly nothing is real and it's not entertaining.

>Just because Richard Mellon Scaife has never had to
>want for a single thing in his life doesn't mean he
>can't dream too. Have a little heart and let him die
>happy. Lord knows he's parted with enough of his
>inheritance for the privilege.
>
>> >>href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/n
>e
>>ws/s_650932.html">http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt
>s
>>burghtrib/news/s_650932.html

>>
>>They have to buy other papers to pad their numbers,
>>don't disclose how many they outright GIVE away, make
>>a big to-do about one of the week's least-read days,
>>Saturday.
>>
>>The article declares,
>>
>>"The Trib made inroads Saturday largely by pushing in
>>where the P-G pulled out. In the last 12 months, the
>>P-G stopped delivering in several outlying markets,
>>which the Trib then captured, said Ralph Martin, chief
>>executive of Trib Total Media, which publishes the
>>Tribune-Review."
>>
>>Okay, but why didn't you identify those "outlying
>>markets" specifically, Ralph? You should be bragging
>>about this in detail instead relying on your usual
>>"Baghdad Bob" rhetoric.
>>
>>Morton is right about one thing, though. If Scripps
>>would have waited to tank the JOA with the PG, the PG
>>would have been history and the Press, for many years
>>the better of the two papers, would indeed own the
>>market. No one ever accused the Scripps folks of great
>>intellectual depth, though.
>>
>>And hey, hey, Ralphy-boy! If things are so good in
>>there why all the unpaid furloughs, buyouts and such?

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  • Re: Sleight of Hand -- Kreskin, 04:37:39 11/06/09 Fri

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