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>Note that one other poster in this thread claimed to >have heard the same thing from Greensburg staff. Your >hissy fit may make you feel good (Trib-Kiddies love >spewing these "don't pick on us!" rants) but clearly >this scenario, true or not, has been floating around a >while. > >If you know facts that refute the rumor, then you >should lay them out. You haven't. You've just been >shaking your fist and ranting. The only one in a >"panic" is you. > >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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