Pfffft!
Of course, most of them would be reading that shit sheet day after day. Why some of us are immune I'll never know.
"Long-time Globe readers shocked at paper's woes" by Maria Sacchetti and Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff
Long-time Boston Globe readers were stunned today that the New York Times Co. is threatening to close the newspaper unless the newspaper's unions accept $20 million in concessions, possibly including pay cuts and the loss of company contributions to employees' pensions.
“What’s going on?” said one reader, Daniel Doyle, 70, who was clutching a small coffee and a doughnut outside of Verna’s Donuts in Cambridge. He has read the newspaper every day for 40 years. “The Globe is the biggest paper going. How can they lose so much money when they’re the No. 1 newspaper in Massachusetts?”
He called the Globe a Bay State institution “like John F. Kennedy. If you took the paper away and I can’t read sports, what am I getting up in the morning for?” he asked.
Forget you, 'murka!
But another man at the doughnut shop shrugged in indifference. “I don’t really read the Globe,” said 20-year-old Mike Spartichino, an electrician who prefers to watch TV news at dinnertime with his mother in Arlington. “It’s too big. I have to work and all that.”
Now THERE is a SMART MAN!!! I should take THIS GUY'S ADVICE!!!
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"Threat to Globe triggers flood of feelings; Many worry, a few shrug, but most adamant that the city needs its major daily newspaper" by Maria Sacchetti and Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff | April 5, 2009
Marcus Weiss of Newton stared in shock yesterday at the newspaper that has landed on his doorstep every day for 30 years. In Woburn, Ollie Gonsalves wondered who would stick up for the "little guy.'' In Cambridge, Mike Spartichino shrugged indifferently and rushed home with a box of doughnuts.
You gotta be kidding me, right? The Globe sticking up for the little guy? After all the insults I've documented here?
Yesterday, the region confronted the possibility that The Boston Globe might cease to exist, after publishing daily for 137 years.
:-)
Translation: the LIES CAUGHT UP TO THEM and the BLOGS HAVE WON!!
There is NO PUTTING that KNOWLEDGE GENIE back in that lamp -- even if you SHUT IT ALL DOWN, dick-farts!!!!!!!!!!
News that The New York Times Co. might shut down the biggest newspaper in New England if its unions don't swiftly agree to $20 million in cuts sent a shockwave throughout Greater Boston, sparking an outcry from places as disparate as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Johnny's Luncheonette in Newton Centre, and voices as varied as US Senator John F. Kerry and Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band. To some readers, such a loss seemed unimaginable, but others said the transformation from paper to the Internet is inevitable.
Yes, SO SELF-IMPORTANT are we, the Globe says as it leads with this above the fold.
Funny how when it is THEIR OWN SKIN, not Palestinian, Iraqi, Afghan, Pakistani, Iranian, that the paper is all worried!!!
Oh, right, they HELPED SELL and are HELPING to SELL SUCH SLAUGHTER with THEIR DAMNABLE LIES, right!
Losing the Globe is more than the shuttering of a company, readers said. It would be, they said, the loss of something essential to Massachusetts' very sense of itself - and one of the few forces for public accountability in the region. They recalled articles exposing corruption and waste in government and other institutions, and stories giving voice to those who otherwise would have no power at all....
This ADULATORY BACK-SLAPPING and SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT is SICKENING!!!!
If this were ALL TRUE, if the GLOBE DIDN'T CENSOR, OMIT, LIE, etc, about things, then WHY are they in such ATROCIOUS SHAPE, huh?
Or is this just a CLEVER WAY to get a TAXPAYER BAILOUT and TAX-EXEMPT STATUS, huh?
Also see: Heralding the End of the Boston Globe
The Boston Globe's Hatchet Job on the Boston Herald
Sunday Leftovers: Republican Response to Patrick's Phibs
Boston Globe Covers For Drunk Connecticut Judge
Boston Globe Censors Geithner's CFR Appearance
Boston Globe Covers Up Israeli Ecstasy Ring
Reopening the Investigation of the Murder of Elizabeth Mun
Madoff, Mossad and the AmeriKan MSM
The Boston Sunday Globe's Other Omissions: Democrats Don't Fight
The Boston Sunday Globe's Other Omissions: AIG's $50 Billion Payout
The Boston Sunday Globe's Other Omissions: Sri Lanka
The Boston Sunday Globe's Other Omissions: Unemployed
The Boston Sunday Globe's Other Omissions: Pensions
And those are ONLY the ONES I HAD TIME to RESEARCH!
Yeah, the Globe is doing a bang-up job!
Some were especially irked over the origin of the ultimatum. The New York Times Co., facing its own cash crunch, told union leaders last week it is unable to support further losses at its Boston outlet.
I will NEVER BUY a TIMES AGAIN (in fact, I NEVER VISIT THEIR WEBSITE, either), so when the Globe goes under, THAT'S IT!
And you know what, I don't think I want to help them out tomorrow either. I may skip the purchase tomorrow, I'm not sure yet.
"New York again,'' growled Daniel Doyle, 70, of Somerville, as he stood outside Verna's doughnut shop in Cambridge, where counter staff wear T-shirts saying "still here!'' because of its own brush with closing a couple of years ago. "I didn't even know they owned the Globe. If you took the paper away and I can't read my sports, what am I getting up in the morning for?''
He DIDN'T KNOW they OWNED the Globe and yet he is supposedly "reading" it?
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!!!!!!
Critics of the Globe, especially in anonymous comments posted on the newspaper's website, said the newspaper was falling victim not just to turbulent economic times but what they called its own "liberal bias,'' though they did not provide specific examples.
Readers, there are PLENTY HERE at THIS SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some complained about ink stains; others about perfumed inserts in the newspaper. Still others raised deeper concerns about customer service.
Yeah, WHY YOU SHOVEL SO MUCH SHIT when I AM the LAST FRIKKIN' MOHICAN of a CUSTOMER?
I would have thought you would have wanted to PLEASE ME, Globe!!!
Another Irritating Headline About Iran
The Boston Globe Knows the Truth About Iran
Related (remember, Times owns Globe):
More MSM Lies About Iran
Israel Writes The New York Times News Pages
The New York Times: Israel's Mouthpiece
The New York Times Tells Another War-Mongering Lie
Look What Came With the Sunday Times
Also see: How Israel Got the Nuclear Bomb
The Boston Globe is a Mouthpiece For the Jewish Mafia
Yeah, I'm LUUUUVVVIN' the MSM OBFUSCATIONS and LIES, can't you tell?
Others said they did not have time to read the Globe, or preferred to read it for free online.
Once I quit BUYING a PRINTED COPY, my visits to the website will start to fade -- just as it did with their OFFENSIVE PARENT, the JEW YORK TIMES!!!!!!!
"I don't really read the Globe,'' said Spartichino, 20, of Arlington, an electrician who prefers to watch TV news with his mother at dinnertime. "It's too big. I have to work and all that.''
.... Others say they get along fine without the paper.... Christine Pratt-Purvis, a 44- year-old cosmetologist of Roxbury, said she used to read the Globe every morning on the subway to work, giggling over the comics pages. But when she lost her job a year ago, Pratt-Purvis said the print edition felt like an extravagance.
Yup, GIGGLING over the COMICS PAGE!! Yup, it is the SPORTS PAGE, the COMICS PAGE -- read ANYTHING but the NEWS PAGES, dumbkoffs!!!!!!!!!
Still, the possibility that the newspaper could fold dominated the conversation at diners, in coffee shops, and on street corners....
They are SOMETHING ELSE, aren't they?
Yesterday, government officials and community leaders -- from the arts to government agencies -- called on the Globe and The New York Times Co. to save the newspaper.
UN-AGENDA-PUSHING-REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, THEY WILL BE GETTING a BAILOUT, you watch!!!
I will be CALLING CONGRESS ALL DAY if they TRY THAT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!
"The thought of losing this newspaper is deeply disturbing,'' blogged Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Any LAUGHABLE IRONY there for you?!!
Ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!
"It is the major source for investigative journalism that keeps the government, corporations, and, yes, nonprofits, honest and accountable. We simply cannot afford not to have it.''
Obviously, a CEO who STANDS UP for the LITTLE GUY, 'eh?
Also see: Boston's Best Hospital
"It's difficult to imagine Massachusetts without the Globe and I'm not going to even try,'' Kerry said in a statement. "The history of the Globe is punctuated by courageous investigative journalism and a soul and conscience that helped propel and sustain the causes of civil rights and peace during tumultuous years in our city.''
Oh, is THAT WHY the DIVISIVE, LYING SHIT RAG SOLD the HORSE SHIT LIES baout IRAQ, asshole?
What a DETESTABLE SHIT STAIN KERRY IS on the MASSACHUSETTS SOUL!! That's why it is Massachushitts now!!!!!!!
James Taylor, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter from Massachusetts who subscribes to the Globe, said he is a major supporter of unions but hoped that all sides would find a way to save the newspaper. "They must find a way to negotiate some way to continue,'' Taylor said. "The New England point of view, a seriously intellectual point of view, is something I can't imagine going away.''
WHO GIVES a SHIT what some CELEBRITY has to say? REALLY!!!!!
News of the Globe's possible closure hit hard in the arts community, where the paper's coverage has been credited with helping fill theaters and concert halls and turning new institutions such as the Institute of Contemporary Art into a major attraction on the waterfront.
Oh, I'LL BET!!!
Why the promotion of certain art institutions in the mafia media?
Also see: The Mossad Moles at Harvard
Poor Little Brandweiss
Yeah, everything starts to make sense when you view the papers for the agenda-pushing pieces of crap they are.
Peter Wolf, the front man for the J. Geils Band, said losing the Globe would destroy readers' connection to the region. "I can't say it starts my morning but it starts my afternoon and it's an old friend,'' he said. "Unfortunately people don't get the impact till after it's done. And when it's gone, it's gone for good.''
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!
It usually ends my good mornings!!!!!!!
And when it's "gone?"
Is that a PROMISE?
And it is NOT ONLY the READERSHIP that is 'too-pid. So are the unions!!
But THEN it OCCURRED to me! The REPORTER that WROTE THIS PIECE had to subject it to the EDITORS of the PAPER that WANTS the CONCESSIONS!!!!!
Let that sink on for a minute.
Of course, the GLOBE is LOOKING OUT for the LITTLE GUY, remember?
Note the TONE of the PIECE, please!!!
"Union employees open to concessions, but demand management cuts as well" by Robert Gavin, Globe Staff | April 5, 2009
Some Boston Globe union workers were stunned to learn of the newspaper's threatened shutdown. To others, it was not a complete surprise, given the industry's mounting troubles. Some viewed it as a negotiating ploy, others as a serious threat.
But all of those interviewed said they are willing to accept pay cuts and other concessions to save New England's largest newspaper - as long as executives and managers make the same sacrifices.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!
Yeah, right! That's like asking a shark to stop eating.
Are union workers really that 'too-pid?
Bob Sullivan, 56, who has worked as a mailer for 38 years. "We all want to keep our jobs. We all want to keep the Globe publishing.''
Not all of us, sorry. If they started telling the truth, yeah, but if they are going to push abominable, damnable, agenda-pushing lies all the time, forget it!!!!
Last week, the Times Co. threatened to quickly shutter the money-losing newspaper unless its 13 unions agree to $20 million in concessions, including pay cuts, reduced company contributions to retirement and healthcare, and the elimination of lifetime job guarantees now enjoyed by some 430 workers, according to union officials and others familiar with the matter. Management told union leaders last week that without serious cutbacks, the Globe is projected to lose $85 million this year, after a $50 million loss in 2008, according to a Globe employee who was briefed on the discussion.
The Globe and newspapers across the country have been hard hit by the recession, accelerating declines that began years ago as readers and advertisers migrated to the Internet....
You know why, readers -- and so do I -- for it's One, Two, Three Strikes Your Out at the Old Boston Globe!
The Globe has about 1,400 union employees. The Boston Newspaper Guild is the largest, representing more than 700 editorial, advertising, and business office employees. It is unclear how swiftly the unions will need to reach an agreement to prevent closing the Globe, but one union leader has said concessions need to be made within 30 days....
Jenifer McKim, a business reporter who joined the paper in August and who worked for the Orange County Register in California before the Globe, said she supports making concessions. "We have to change,'' she said. "I want to be part of the transition to multimedia. I imagine we'll always be telling stories and a watchdog in the community.''
Scott Allen, 47, a reporter and editor for 17 years, said he understands the need to make concessions, even on the lifetime job guarantees. Allen is among those with a guaranteed job.
Must be nice, huh?
Now, WHY was THAT GUY replacing THIS WOMAN who is QUOTED in my PRINTED PAPER, 'eh? The GLOBE MAKES MY POINTS FOR ME EVERY DAY with their OMISSIONS, CENSORSHIP, and LIES, folks!!!!
Patricia Wen, a health and science reporter at the Globe for 23 years, agreed that concessions need to be made. Wen, 50, who is one of the employees with a guaranteed job said she's not sure how serious the shutdown threat is, "but it's scary."
So WHICH EDITOR decided to LOP THAT OFF the WEB VERSION of the piece, huh?
Related: The Boston Globe's Premature Ejaculation
Picking up where we left off:
Dan Pushee, 56, a machinist for 30 years, said executives have received bonuses even as workers have been laid off. "We'll give back,'' Pushee said, "but they've got to give back their bonuses and take pay cuts.''
That's the most dissent you will see in the MANAGEMENT-EDITED GLOBE!!!!
Officials from the Globe's owner, The New York Times Co., and the Globe declined to comment yesterday. Several managers who declined to be named because they are not authorized to speak publicly said they are willing to make sacrifices. In fact, they fully expect the Times Co. to impose more cuts on management's pay and benefits. Last week, the Times Co. instituted a temporary 5 percent pay cut for nonunion managers at the Globe and other properties in exchange for 10 additional paid days off.
In January, the company cut pension benefits for existing nonunion managers, and managers hired after Jan. 1 no longer receive a pension plan but rather an enhanced 401(k). And last month, the company eliminated retiree health benefits for nonunion employees.
But they are FOR the LITTLE GUY!!!! PFFFFFFFFTTTTT!!!!!!!
James McLaughlin, a mailer for 38 years, said workers have been making concessions for years, giving up raises and paying more for healthcare. Last year, the pressmen and union drivers agreed to concessions, including a 5 percent wage cut that will result in annualized savings of $10.5 million, according to a person briefed on the deals.
"It's tough,'' said McLaughlin, 58. "We never thought we'd have to worry about the demise of the newspaper. We've given up so much. I think I can give a little more.''
--more--"So that is FIVE UNION VOICES, ALL GIVEBACKS in the PRO-MANAGEMENT Boston Globe!!!!
Yup, STANDING UP for the LITTLE GUY!!!!
I guess that's what all the LYING, DIVISIVE, OBFUSCATING, OMITTING, AGENDA-PUSHING, WAR-PROMOTING, WAR-LOOTING, PROPAGANDA PUSHING is for, 'eh, Globe?
Also see: And It's One, Two, Three Strikes Your Out at the Old Boston Globe!
