Comments on Advance Indiana™: Gannett Now Imposing Litmus Test On Republicans: Disavow Trump Or We Will Destroy You

Gannet is no more relevant than any other liberal ...

2016-03-19T17:33:45.453-05:00

Gannet is no more relevant than any other liberal vacuum chamber. Democratic Underground or Something Awful come to mind

It's possible that Something Awful has more paid subscriptions as well

Tully and the crew at the Star no longer have orig...

2016-03-18T09:29:04.617-05:00

Tully and the crew at the Star no longer have original thoughts. Tony Cook is told what to say and when to say it by the folks at the Gannet home office. Muncie, Richmond, Indianapolis, its all the same stuff,Gannet tells them what to write and how to write it. Its sad to see the once great newspaper become the tool of the Gannet folks. Shame on Matt Tully for allowing to be used like this. Tony Cook the political credibility of a door knob, he only write shot he is told to write....it's very sad really.

2:46 hates America and Americans. He's the typ...

2016-03-17T22:19:38.093-05:00

2:46 hates America and Americans. He's the type of garbage we should have let McCarthy run out of the country.

I loved the Star salesperson at the Flower and Pat...

2016-03-17T22:00:57.095-05:00

I loved the Star salesperson at the Flower and Patio show. They asked why I did not want a subscription for the Star. I told them because it is not a newspaper anymore, and they told me I should get it for the coupons. They had nothing for my comment about it not being a newspaper anymore.

If that is all they have to give me, then yeah keep the umbrella, or hat, or anything else on that table.

Gannett and WaPo both invoking the MORAL OUTRAGE t...

2016-03-17T15:17:11.754-05:00

Gannett and WaPo both invoking the MORAL OUTRAGE today: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/to-defend-our-democracy-against-trump-the-gop-must-aim-for-a-brokered-convention/2016/03/16/074399d4-eb9c-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html

Anonymous at 2:46 - that's some funny stuff. You should develop a new website of pseudo-leftist mush, which seems to be your specialty.

I came across an interesting quote: "Rome liv...

2016-03-17T15:10:59.985-05:00

I came across an interesting quote: "Rome lived upon its principal till ruin stared it in the face. Industry is the only true source of wealth, and there was no industry in Rome. By day the Ostia road was crowded with carts and muleteers, carrying to the great city the silks and spices of the East, the marble of Asia Minor, the timber of the Atlas, the grain of Africa and Egypt; and the carts brought out nothing but loads of dung. That was their return cargo."

— The Martyrdom of Man by Winwood Reade (1871)

We see this all across America cities and towns that once were home to factories that manufactured the consumer goods we bought are no more. The Star except for a brief mention on the closing of Carrier and it eventual transfer to Mexico is silent. I do not recall any personal stories the workers at Carrier might relate. What will the workers do after Carrier closes?? How will their lives be impacted??

However we will get gobs of written crap about Peyton Manning.

The Star has spoken, but the power that exists behind it is telling them what to write is frightened. Probably if anything more people will now vote for Trump as the anti-establishment candidate.

I wouldn't wipe my backside with Gannett's...

2016-03-17T15:10:11.512-05:00

I wouldn't wipe my backside with Gannett's paper. Swarens, Tully et al are fomenting revolution. The fields are tinder dry. All it's going to take is a spark. Reap the whirlwind, fools.

While still not a newspaper worth buying, the pape...

2016-03-17T14:46:52.648-05:00

While still not a newspaper worth buying, the paper is nothing like the Pulliam run daily that poisoned the community for decades. Typical of publishing in the John Birch style, I first can remember Eugene's publication railing against JFK, who it was said, was responsible for interjecting his religion into the 1960 election and berating prominent Catholic politicians in NY, PA, KY, OH, and CA that supposedly handed Kennedy the nomination. The paper never changed its tone as the empire expanded to own 46 newspapers in 8 states. If I remember correctly the sale of the Pulliam newspapers, from the trust, was dependent upon the buyer maintaining a conservative viewpoint. I don't really know what the paper now expounds, after the Gannett sale, since delivery was stopped after the last racially charged Varvel cartoon.

However, the right-wing is well represented on television, especially by Faux News, and on radio through Bain Capital's private buyout of Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia) which owns 850 stations and have replaced progressive commentators with the likes of Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin and McCain. With $20 billion in debt from acquisitions and a money losing lineup broadcasting in clear thinking locales, the group may face a financial crunch as so too may the Star from trying to operate in the digital age. But why fret when one has extra blog sites that Gary offers on Advance Indiana. Thanks Gary!

All Enemies, Gannet

2016-03-17T13:24:07.254-05:00

All Enemies, Gannet

Nah, for the exchange of money WALMART delivers va...

2016-03-17T13:06:32.512-05:00

Nah, for the exchange of money WALMART delivers value. Duh Star does not.

Gennett is the WALMART of newspaper publishing. L...

2016-03-17T12:37:28.084-05:00

Gennett is the WALMART of newspaper publishing. Like that huge Bentonville, Arkansas. headquartered giant garage sale under roof where you may mostly find goods made in China, North Vietnam, and Laos, the Gannett firm comes in and often destroys local small business publications along with their institutional, civic connections and real information service to the people.