Oh, The Irony – Red Star Deep in The Red
So do you remember all that pontificating going on when the Big 3 automakers were schlepping for dollars in DC? Pundits and the media were making declarations of all the things the company was doing wrong and what they needed to do in order to recover……Â
Well, call it justice or just darn bad luck, but the Star Tribune has filed for bankruptcy.Â
Decades of tone deaf liberal pontificating and gleeful smearing of anything remotely center right, ‘reporting’ only the facts that benefit liberal policies and politicians. The one sided liberal bias of the paper made it a must *not* read paper for a very large portion of Minnesotans. And with the fact that people can get the news that they want for free online, clinging to the old business model for news left the Strib as a failure waiting to happen.Â
It is really just further proof that the free market works.Â
Anyone want to start the list of ‘to dos’ for them to get out of the red?Â
I think the days of dead tree media are dwindling. I mean if we are going to save the planet for all things environuttiness, a great first step would be putting an end to clear cutting forests to print news on paper. (snicker)Â
The days of people being forced to pick up the paper or click on the evening news to be informed are over.






DO: Sell the Strib to the Washington Times group. Offer them a sweetheart deal to take it off your liberal hands.
DO: New ownership group hires conservative businessmen in ad sales and conservatives in the newsroom and editorial board and turn it into a balanced paper.
RESULT: Sales go through the roof. Single copy sales up, subscription revenue up and advertising revenue up.
Of course, then it wouldn’t be the Red Star that we all love to bash anymore.