Globe threatened with shutdown

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re: Globe threatened with shutdown

John — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:44:16 GMT

The Globe and the Herald should be allowed to merge, though even that might not save them.

The idea that this would be travesty because of the opposing ideologies of the papers is ridiculous. All good journalists aim for balance and the role of an Editorial page is a relic from a bygone era when barons owned papers to inject their personal views into politics.

A combined Herald-Globe editorial page could offer both sides to issues -- and leave the opinions to columnists rather than forcing the paper itself to take a side. This whole idea that papers need to take sides on issues is antiquated. And the idea that 5 people sitting in a room (today's Editorial page writers) are instant experts on every possible issue is insulting to readers.

Once the paper is combined, it should focus hugely on local issues and move to a paid-content online model where readers must subscribe to get full stories and access a database of stories. The WSJ seems to be the only paper that understands how this model is the future.

Anyway, good luck to the Globe. My personal view is that it's been all downhill since the days of Tom Winship -- the last editor who got the most from the staff. That's when it was a truly scrappy paper -- and that's what local papers need to be.

re: Globe threatened with shutdown

James — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:56:12 GMT

Wow. With such a popular world-view, I'm shocked that the Globe is falling off a cliff like this. They really seemed in synch with how law-abiding, tax-paying Americans think. Bummer.

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