Barry Smight: SUN MEDIA TO CLOSE 11 'PAPERS'

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

SUN MEDIA TO CLOSE 11 'PAPERS'

This just in: Sun Media Corp, the right-wing mouthpiece corporation, has announced they are closing eleven newspapers. The sad news is that 360 jobs will be lost. Newspapers are in trouble, as a general rule, but I have no sympathy for an organization that prides itself on being clueless.

That is no way to build readership.

Toronto Star...
Sun Media closing 11 papers, cutting 360 jobs
energize

4 comments:

Greg Woods said...: LOL. What do you really think Mr. Smight? Don't sugarcoat it.; July 16, 2013 at 2:15 PM
Barry Smight said...: I think... they're precious. I like having them around, shooting-off, simply because they make me feel reasonably intelligent. And that, my friends, is quite the accomplishment!; July 16, 2013 at 2:48 PM
DonaldAR said...: I love how job and livelihood losses (and often devastating career derailments) are described as cost "savings." I guess this type of de-humanising language should come as no surprise in a country that elected the Harper Reich.; July 17, 2013 at 5:53 PM
Barry Smight said...: You are correct. "Savings" is a code-word for "increasing shareholder profits". They who never lose. Their cottages await in the Laurentides, unblemished by the unwashed masses.

Thanks for your shrewd comment!; July 17, 2013 at 6:18 PM