Friday, November 19, 2010

Lordy, why striking U.K. reporters deserve support

"Even in the era of cyber communications,
we need a local paper."

-- Lord Bassam of Brighton, Labour Party opposition whip, House of Lords, in a statement of support for striking employees at The Argus, one of Gannett's 17 dailies in the U.K. Newsquest division. The two-day strike over transferring jobs to a page production hub is set to end today.
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous11/20/2010 10:29 AM

    It's interesting that little has been heard from U.S. pols regarding the erosion of the press on this side of the pond.

    Maybe they figure they'd be better off without us. I mean, hey, Sarah Palin is banking of Twitter to get her to the White House!

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