Monday, March 20, 2006
Query of the Day
The Knight-Ridder sale:
As we know, its DC bureau has been fairly aggressive in, you know, reporting, a very, very rare exception among the Big Media. As I recollect, there wasn't any significant pressure or reason to sell.
So why the sale?
Could there have been political pressure? A win-win way to resolve the problem of agressive reporting: $$ from a sale and suck up to the administration. (IIRC, KR has broadcast outlets; maybe there's an FCC issue somewhere...?)
As we know, its DC bureau has been fairly aggressive in, you know, reporting, a very, very rare exception among the Big Media. As I recollect, there wasn't any significant pressure or reason to sell.
So why the sale?
Could there have been political pressure? A win-win way to resolve the problem of agressive reporting: $$ from a sale and suck up to the administration. (IIRC, KR has broadcast outlets; maybe there's an FCC issue somewhere...?)
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