Friday, June 04, 2010

Louisville | How to damn Gannett with faint praise

"We had a number of people; we still have.
 For a Gannett newspaper, we still have 
a very large news staff."

-- Courier-Journal Editorial Page Editor Keith Runyon, gamely defending the Louisville, Ky., newspaper against criticism its layoff-shrunken newsroom didn't sufficiently vet U.S. senatorial candidate Rand Paul. The Republican nominee's campaign has been rocked by his remarks about the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Related: Hear Runyon's May 28 remarks to National Public Radio's Robert Siegel:

4 comments:

  1. Psst. Runyon. This is what happens when you cut back on political coverage. Now you have a national black eye.

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  2. Oh, you mean Yahoo and Google didn't vet him? Where was Kentucky Public Radio?

    Shit, newspapers are dead, nobody's read or bought one in years. I know, because I read that... in my newspaper.

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  3. The Courier-Journal used to set the bar on vetting major candidates with weeks spent on research and writing the profile. Sadly that is over. Only a serious KoolAid drinker like Runyon would say something like that.

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  4. I thought that this is what happens when you lay off too many people in production... oh, wait. That's what happens when you can't publish a real newspaper on the most important day of the year.

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