Comments on: Daily Paper Awash In Red Ink

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:15:57 +0000

C’mon, machine, just accept the damned comment and let me get on to something else.
And why are you saying, “Your comment is awaiting moderation.” Whatthehell does that mean?

My motto is, “Nothing in moderation.”

So accept the comment — or don’t — but send it on its way; don’t just leave it sitting here on my screen.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:11:35 +0000

As a former Statesmanite, longtime journalist and news junkie and a bit of a traditionalist, watching the Daily go slowly down the drain over the past several years has been painful.
I still read it (when I can spare the 10 to 15 minutes it takes to read all the way through it), then go to The Boise Guardian, Boise Weekly and assorted onliners to find out what’s going on.
The paper started out as a triweekly, deteriorated into a try weakly, and now to (apparently) a hardly try at all.
It’s gradual name change in public view from The Idaho Statesman to The Idaho Mistakesman has added to the pain.
It’s obvious they no longer have copy editors who plod through every word to make sure facts are accurate, words are spelled correctly and used correctly, each headline matches the story it’s on, etc.
Now, just to give readers something new to gripe about, they’ve eliminated on Fridays the most popular section of the paper — Life — and jammed some of its features into Scene. What’s next, shove Business into Classified? Oh, wait, they already did that. Maybe they could slip Sports into some of the Albertson’s or Fred Myers insert ads?
Oh, well; at least they’re helping fight pollution: Fewer people driving to work each day means less auto exhaust.
(Help me out here; there must be *something* else nice I could say about what’s happening at the Daily.)

By: brat1

brat1 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:03:42 +0000

Seems that the paper is mismanaged and has made many dumb decisions.. As an example, the made the paper size smaller and the resulting type smaller,claiming the it was easier to read.. When the majority of their daily readers are retired seniors with declining vision.. The they took the numbers from the classifieds so nobody can find what they want in a hurry. They preach their own political agendas at every turn, instead of just reporting the news. Sad because most of us still enjoy getting a local paper.. Maybe someone will take it over and run it like a paper for the people who read it without dictating their views!I know many people who quit the paper because of their left leaning editorials..

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:34:40 +0000

I’m thinking of subscribing to the printed SUNDAY edition for the first time in a year or so. They have a promotion going on – 52 weeks for 26 bucks. Seems just about right. But… will the newspaper last for another 52 weeks?

(When I was a kid, I delivered it, and collected. 35 cents for 6 days, 45 cents would get you the Sunday paper, too.)

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:31:07 +0000

Well run businesses flourish in good times and “make” it through tough times. A newspaper is no different than any business that produces a product for public consumption. When any business is mis-managed, in the long run it fails. Now is not the time to wax poetic about the noble past of the Idaho Statesman! Poor management decisions, political leanings to the left, or the right, coupled with a lack of true journalistic capabilities, will seal the fate of the Statesman. So be it! Businesses come and they go! Maybe the next publisher of the daily newspaper in Boise will do a better job!

By: The Boise Picayune

The Boise Picayune — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:23:10 +0000

As a one-time drunken sailor, I take umbrage with your comparison of my erstwhile brethren to the wholly unimaginative daily rag!

; )