No Way I Can Resist This Dig at Howard Kurtz
Howard Kurtz should not throw this fastball right down the middle of the plate and not expect me to take a whack at it.
Kurtz, who as some of you know is not, I mean really not, my personal fave, is wailing and gnashing his teeth (it goes on for 1-1/2 pages) over the uncertain fates of employees at the twelve newspapers McClatchy plans to unload, including the supposedly venerable Philadelphia Inquirer, shortly after it buys Knight Ridder. All of this, especially McClatchy’s talk of getting into high-growth markets and staying out of low-growth ones (where the 12 papers to be unloaded are) is driving many of the reflexively anti-capitalistic WORMs (Worn-Out Reactionary Media, known to most as The Mainstream Media) absolutely crazy (check out the whiny quotes from one of the Inquirer’s way-back-when owners).
In the midst of the tearfest, Kurtz has this to say about the Washington Post’s own 10% newsroom downsizing that was announced late last week:
Clearly, it will hurt somewhat, no question about it, especially since some of the most talented and employable folks tend to take these buyouts.
I believe that means Howard is staying.
