Apparently someone over at Madison Newspapers Inc. finally figured out that the Cap Times was a total, money-losing liberal screed. While they spin their decision to reduce print distribution from six days to two quite nicely, the fact remains that the Cap Times was widely seen as a bottomless money pit that sponged off the Wisconsin State Journal for years.
They now join the ranks of fine state tabloids like the Platteville Journal that publish twice a week. Oh, but there were still be lots of internet content, they say. Well, that's lovely. I read lots of internet content. A lot of it, like much of the Capital Times, is garbage.
The Cap Times could never figure out if its job was to report the news or advocate for a cause. Too often, the difference between the news section and the opinion section were marginal, at best. Apparently, even the most liberal county in the state likes its news a little more neutral and unbiased.
RIP, Crap Times. See you never.
They now join the ranks of fine state tabloids like the Platteville Journal that publish twice a week. Oh, but there were still be lots of internet content, they say. Well, that's lovely. I read lots of internet content. A lot of it, like much of the Capital Times, is garbage.
The Cap Times could never figure out if its job was to report the news or advocate for a cause. Too often, the difference between the news section and the opinion section were marginal, at best. Apparently, even the most liberal county in the state likes its news a little more neutral and unbiased.
RIP, Crap Times. See you never.
2 comments:
So before we had the Madison affiliate of USA Today (WSJ) and the Madison affiliate of The Nation (TCT.)
Now we only have the former.
It is interesting how all kinds of far-leftists are upset because, "Now we won't have any newspaper with real "hard news." Well, actually, we haven't had that for quite some time now; the WSJ is fluff, and TCT is opinion reported as news.
What would be nice is if we DID have a newspaper with real hard news.
Well said, Al. I'll put it another way. I can get what I got from the Cap Times from our weekly choir practice. Each day the WSJ becomes more like My Weekly Reader, which would be bad enough if it didn't come every day. So, we're left hoping for real news and commentary from a newspaper. It looks like it's not going to happen soon, if ever.
I wish that the RS would post more often, and yes, I know that there's no money in it.
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