The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Monday, May 07, 2007
Another Newspaper Purge: Lileks a Casualty of Minneapolis Star-Tribune cuts
Hugh Hewitt is not a happy camper. I don't live in Minneapolis so I don't read the Strib but I do read Lileks' blog--and since James--a great writer and an expert in all things Americana--does not wax political (in the newspaper column at least), it is difficult to understand what the Einsteins over at the Strib might be thinking. The American Thinker calls it a "death wish."
Meanwhile the entire lefty blogosphere is going bonkers about Lileks getting the ax. I suppose, given their stunning and overwhelming defeat in France yesterday, the Left needs something to cling to. But this really is a shame: one of the most hard-left papers in the US has now lost even more credibility. And you wonder why newspapers are losing money hand over fist...
Meanwhile the entire lefty blogosphere is going bonkers about Lileks getting the ax. I suppose, given their stunning and overwhelming defeat in France yesterday, the Left needs something to cling to. But this really is a shame: one of the most hard-left papers in the US has now lost even more credibility. And you wonder why newspapers are losing money hand over fist...
Labels: Hearts and Minds, Media Bias
