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>Well, duh! If being angry that someone is perpetuating >a rumor that could unnecessarily cause panic is a >hissy fit, then I am guilty. The current state of the >industry should lead people to band together to >salvage what is left of paper and ink, not start >unfounded rumors for vicious reasons. Rumors are >started by small minded people who are not capable of, >or don't bother to get the facts. Why would they close >the "monopoly" that actually has a chance to survive? >Duh!! > >>Gee, this has been rumored for some time. You just >>heard it? No one knows that it's true but the rumor >>has circulated for some time. Your "soon to be out of >>business competitor" ranting is kind of an >>overreaction, don't you think? If it's not true, it's >>not true. I found it hard to believe because unlike >>Pittsburgh, Greensburg is a monopoly. >> >>Your hissy fit, however, is so utterly...Triblike. >> >>Next thing you'll be raving that the Greensburg >>operation is still run totally independent of the DL >>Clark Posse. >> >>>That is total crap! Where do you get your information >>>from? Or do you work for a soon to be out of business >>>competitor and just want to yell "fire!" in the >>>theatre? >>>>They supposedly really want departures from >>>>Westmoreland so they have an excuse to shut down >>>>Greensburg and offer no more than token local >>>>coverage. Few there read the Trib with enthusiasm, >>but >>>>it was a monopoly. Its only real enthusiasts were >>>>locals who shared Scaife's wacko politics. >>>> >>>>If Trib Total Disaster hand a crappy Pittsburgh >paper >>>>to readers who have been only reluctantly buying a >>>>crappy Greensburg paper, watch circulation out there >>>>tank, especially when people are cutting back >>>>nonessentials. >>>> >>>>>So who is leaving the Trib under the buy out? >Anyone >>>>>of importance? >>>>> >>>>>I've there are some major editors and high ranking >>>>>middle management thinking it through.

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