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May 15, 2018
8:14:10am

DazeofBlue All-American

Its a crisis of their own making

When newspapers had little to counter their narrative they did great and could spew whatever drivel they wanted to for the great unwashed. Now that they have real competition to get things correct, they didn't and fewer people took them seriously as they had other options on the internet to get their news - including local news.

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DazeofBlue

Bio page: DazeofBlue
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Last login: Apr 28, 2024
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Jay Drew laid off by SL Trib, per his twitter account.

Wadds

5/14/18 12:57pm

Wow.

cougfanblue

5/14/18 12:59pm

This is apparently funny to some posters

spinner

5/14/18 12:59pm

I see zero laughs and 15 sad faces

Indy Coug

5/14/18 1:00pm

did you read the linked thread?

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 1:01pm

There is no linked thread to this thread.

runnincoug

5/14/18 1:06pm

BM Carnac, WarfoSAUR and Shatter2

spinner

5/14/18 1:05pm

water nozzle salesmen. all of em.

BlueFrog

5/14/18 1:08pm

go ahead and add HighHorse to the list.

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 1:09pm

I guess it's a CB lynching.. amiright?

Saxa

5/14/18 1:26pm

you say that as if they are ashamed of their views. i don't think that's the

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 1:31pm

I am not saying they are ashamed of their views. I'm saying you and spinner are

Saxa

5/14/18 1:37pm

I'm just happy spinner is on a different tirade about somebody other than Trump

Indy Coug

5/14/18 1:39pm

Did I mention I jogged past Trump Tower today?

spinner

5/14/18 2:02pm

its not shame if they are proud of their views. they should be thanking us for

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 1:51pm

Well, WarfoSAUR has now taken down his smiley on that post, so there's that

spinner

5/14/18 1:19pm

Go get 'em spinner!

Carlos E. Queso

5/14/18 2:33pm

Detached irony/sarcasm, the official language of the internet. Congrats not everyone can master this.

spinner

5/14/18 5:30pm

"some posters" suggests at least two...

ColoSpgs

5/14/18 1:05pm

a couple others at least defending the LOLs

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 1:06pm

Oh, the humanity!!

Carlos E. Queso

5/14/18 2:35pm

I think it’s less about people being layed off and more about this newspaper

Alpi Gusto

5/14/18 1:23pm

Of course it is

Carlos E. Queso

5/14/18 2:36pm

Lol, literally the first time in my life being called a Pharisee. Achievement unlocked

spinner

5/14/18 5:41pm

He had amazing tenure for how lazy he was with this beat assignment

kccougar

5/14/18 2:37pm

<< Deleted >>

Cougazul

5/15/18 7:43am

Lol! a dude lost his job. so funny.

smokymountainrain

5/14/18 12:59pm

RE: Jay Drew laid off by SL Trib, per his twitter account.

SJS

5/14/18 1:02pm

Re: thumbs downers

SJS

5/14/18 1:09pm

Aside from the FT, WSJ and NYT, yet to see a pay wall work

5/14/18 1:15pm

ie national content providers

5/14/18 1:20pm

Apparently it wasn't the pay wall that caused this to happen....

WJCougar

5/14/18 1:25pm

Maybe it was simply a poor product?

CBaass

5/14/18 1:39pm

Add that and competition from DesNews and KSL and others...market isn't big enuf

jrifkin48

5/14/18 2:36pm

I think it's because the pay wall was implemented too late

5/14/18 1:36pm

That’s sad to see. I love newspapers and hate watching them slowly die.

5/14/18 1:50pm

Perhaps if news outlets (print and broadcast) weren't so tied to a political

5/14/18 3:01pm

Well said, Blue

5/14/18 3:36pm

I'm glad he's gone. Good riddance.

Cougarclaw

5/14/18 1:50pm

Jay is a good man. I know him personally, and he has always been kind to me.

5/14/18 1:57pm

You're defending against attacks I never made

Cougarclaw

5/14/18 2:14pm

Almost every beat writer in the country could be accused by fans that he or she

5/14/18 2:28pm

I agree with everything you wrote.

D.T. Survivor

5/14/18 3:24pm

There are bad apples in every profession that drag down the reputation of all

5/14/18 3:26pm

C'mon man. Tell us how you really feel. Quit holding back. Sounds to me like

UMWolverine

5/14/18 2:04pm

Lame

shakarocks

5/14/18 2:11pm

I saw this morning that he had removed all of the Trib-related stuff from

5/14/18 2:00pm

Well, that sucks. I didn't mind his opposing views, though whoever wrote his

UberDeek

5/14/18 2:18pm

bummer, hope he lands on his feet

Bob Vance

5/14/18 2:51pm

He will be missed

5/14/18 3:35pm

Not going to miss him, too bad they didn't can Monson too!

therock

5/14/18 4:44pm

Hope he can retire comfortably in Rice Eccles stadium where he belongs

Coogar2

5/14/18 5:05pm

Times change. Jobs writing for newpapers are getting to be fewer and fewer. A friend of mine

lightmann

5/14/18 5:29pm

That sucks. Very sorry to hear it. Hope he’s ok

Future_Tacos

5/14/18 5:31pm

The death of local news is a major crisis in the US

AxelDC

5/15/18 7:42am

Yep nationalization of news is a huge problem

cougarfann888

5/15/18 7:45am

Is local news dying or just local newspapers?

TaiJuan

5/15/18 7:51am

Local TV news is going through the same struggle. It started later for them, but

5/15/18 8:36am

Its a crisis of their own making

DazeofBlue

5/15/18 8:14am

Their are no other options for real local news. Sure you can find a story about

cougarfann888

5/15/18 8:58am

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