Re: Roaring Camp taken over by RTC?
Author: Espee2472
Date: 03-25-2017 - 00:09
mook Wrote:
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> The SCS isn't really a Santa Cruz "paper" any
> more. It's part of the conglomerate that also owns
> the Mercury, Oakland Trib, and Contra Costa News
> (and, I think based on layout and writing
> similarities, the LA Daily News) among others. The
> news staff (and production, for the few printed
> editions still distributed) was drastically cut
> and consolidated by the corporate overlord. So
> yes, I would expect there to be no effective
> moderation of letters - in fact, the juicier in
> terms of clickbait the better. Articles are
> largely written by contract operators overseas or
> bots scanning the web and social media, as with
> most "papers" these days other than the biggest,
> or by local stringers/freelance. Truth,research,
> and competent editing are not things to bena
> expected from that type of news organization these
> days.
the SCS is owned by first digital
media, which also owns the bay area
news group, which is part of a media
conglomerate based in colorado, owned by a single individual, and
probably owns 95% of the bay area
newspapers, not sure about other
norcal papers