Murder in the Newsroom

 

“They call Alden a vulture hedge fund, and I think that’s honestly a misnomer. A vulture doesn’t hold a wounded animal’s head underwater. This is predatory.”

—Charlie Johnson, former Chicago Tribune Metro reporter, in McKay Coppins, “A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms: Inside Alden Global Capital,” The Atlantic, Oct. 14, 2021. 

• Editorial Comment: As we watch idly, is democracy next?

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The October issue of SENIOR NEWS is scary good. Online here.

 

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism