There is an upside to to Dolans, rather than Murdoch or Zuckerman, buying Newsday. Depending on which Dolan gets to set editorial policy, it could keep the paper in liberal hands. While the elder Dolan is a conservative Republican, Jim is definitely left-of-center and has contributed considerable sums to Democratic politicians.
While there could be disturbing implications for how the historically ornery Newsday can credibly cover the next Cablevision rate increase, who really cares how Newsday covers the Knicks? It's basketball for chrissakes, not Darfur.
Besides there's a puncher's chance that the Dolans know the paper would be a laughing stock if it tip-toed around the Knicks' obvious problems while every other media outlet in the region was telling it like it is.
As to working FOR the Dolans, well has anyone ever talked to a newspaper reporter who wasn't disgruntled or complaining? Print reporters are the most miserable lot of working stiffs on the planet -- for good reason of course: They are underpaid, overworked, despised by most of the public and been devastated by the epic media consolidation of the last 30-50 years.
I mean, despite the comment about preferring to work for Murdoch, does anybody in the Newsday newsroom really believe the Post's staffers are any happier?
Besides, does the reading public really care if reporters are happy in their jobs? It reminds me of that old Daily News commercial where Jimmy Breslin would intone, "Can you imagine how much fun it would be to work at the Daily News?"
Yeah, that sold a lot of papers.
There is an upside to to Dolans, rather than Murdoch or Zuckerman, buying Newsday. Depending on which Dolan gets to set editorial policy, it could keep the paper in liberal hands. While the elder Dolan is a conservative Republican, Jim is definitely left-of-center and has contributed considerable sums to Democratic politicians.
While there could be disturbing implications for how the historically ornery Newsday can credibly cover the next Cablevision rate increase, who really cares how Newsday covers the Knicks? It's basketball for chrissakes, not Darfur.
Besides there's a puncher's chance that the Dolans know the paper would be a laughing stock if it tip-toed around the Knicks' obvious problems while every other media outlet in the region was telling it like it is.
As to working FOR the Dolans, well has anyone ever talked to a newspaper reporter who wasn't disgruntled or complaining? Print reporters are the most miserable lot of working stiffs on the planet -- for good reason of course: They are underpaid, overworked, despised by most of the public and been devastated by the epic media consolidation of the last 30-50 years.
I mean, despite the comment about preferring to work for Murdoch, does anybody in the Newsday newsroom really believe the Post's staffers are any happier?
Besides, does the reading public really care if reporters are happy in their jobs? It reminds me of that old Daily News commercial where Jimmy Breslin would intone, "Can you imagine how much fun it would be to work at the Daily News?"
Yeah, that sold a lot of papers.