Comments on: PNJ Cuts 10 Jobs; Both Publisher And Editor Retire

By: Wilson Robertson

Wilson Robertson — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:06:14 +0000

Molino Jim,
You fail to mention that every state and local agency cleared me of all charges. Anyone can trump up unfounded charges and you are obligated to defend yourself, one thing for sure I did not ask the tax payers to spend one cent on my defense, even after I was cleared. Also the reporter with PNJ that spent so much investigative time and money was transferred soon after. The public may not know but the county spent almost 150,000.00 on Mrs. Young, White, and Grover in their defense against Gibbs lawsuit. Please state all the facts in the future.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:38:33 +0000

REGARDING:
“There were no “weapons of mass destruction” in the country. Bush for what ever reason got us into it. This was after the CIA told him there were no WOMD. This on going war has cost us many lives and billions of dollars. The USSR went broke because of their being involved before us.”

Just to keep it straight, the USSR went broke in Afghanistan which we entered because it was harboring the people who masterminded 9/11/01 attacks against Americans.

Defeating Afghanistan was easy, the problem lay in our decision to occupy the place rather than getting out of Dodge as soon as we had run Osama into Pakistan where our allies would surely quickly scoop him up (which they didn‘t).

Afghanistan is still costing us lives and IOUs to China because we never wiped out the cause of entering in the first place and don’t have the good sense to walk away. The government wants us there to complain about our presence while depending on us for money and supplies. Meanwhile they try to make buddies of the evil people who drew us there in the first place.

The place we entered because of the claim of weapons of mass destruction was Iraq and we’re pretty much out of there. So that’s not the cost or place which drove the USSR down. (By the way, it was our support of adversaries which made it so expensive in money and people to occupy Afghanistan. Without us, they would have simply killed all opposition like they usually did.)

David for viewing the Middle East
via satellites and history books

By: molino jim

molino jim — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 16:24:57 +0000

@Bob and others. The “down hill” you refer to is incorrect. While I’m not a big fan of Obama, if you’ll look at what this administration inherited we could be a lot worse off. The time line on the dropping of the economy started in early 2007. (Obama was elected in Nov. 2008) Congress had remove many of the controls on banks and they were making loans to people who had no way to pay them back. The stock market dropped over 5000 points and we as a country were in big trouble. Today the market has recovered the 5000 points. The bail outs have been repaid with large amounts of interest. We were very close to a depression. We had been marched off to war by a president who had us invade the wrong country. There were no “weapons of mass destruction” in the country. Bush for what ever reason got us into it. This was after the CIA told him there were no WOMD. This on going war has cost us many lives and billions of dollars. The USSR went broke because of their being involved before us. To bad we did not learn from their mistake. Please don’t use Fox for your only news. If you don’t like the PNJ try the Atlanta paper/the New York Times/Wall Street Journal(it’s not just business news)/Time and News Week(they many time will tell the same story with a difference spin)

By: LouLou

LouLou — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:41:15 +0000

It’s the sign of the times. PNJ has been in a free fall for years anyway. Maybe Shannon Nickinson will move further south and find work we can only hope.

By: M

Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:40:22 +0000

Saying the PNJ isn’t liberal because it endorsed Mitt Romney isn’t a very true statement because Mitt Romney isn’t a conservative by any stretch of the imagination. Romney was picked by the liberal media, and the Republicans in name only” RINO’s” to be the candidate least likely to upset their apple cart in Washington. All one has to do is remember that Obama Care was modeled after Mitt’s own state law to see what his true colors are, and also to see what the PNJ and Gannett’s agenda is, I for one don’t mourn the dying gasps the PNJ is now taking. Good riddance when they are finally put to rest.

By: niknak50

niknak50 — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:15:16 +0000

Whether the PNJ is liberal or not is not the issue. What’s happening to newspapers across the nation is a result of newspapers being dinosaurs, a thing of the past. ( If you’ve been keeping up with what’s going on in this industry for the last few years, )
Why would todays generation want to buy and read a newspaper, when with a click of a button or a tap on their ipod, they can then read all the news they want to. For example, I can look a Drudge Report right now, and see everything that’s taking place worldwide….. for free. Any questions?

By: Bob hudson

Bob hudson — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:03:53 +0000

Of course they had to endorse Mitt, I mean as bad as they are, and as bad as Obama is, only an Idiot would endorse Obama, and his reelection has been no surpise, its been down hill ever since.

By: Not as liberal as you might think

Not as liberal as you might think — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 04:24:22 +0000

I’m not surprised to see comments alluding to allegations that the PNJ is a liberal newspaper. Did you all forget that PNJ endorsed Mitt Romney for president? Or did that slip your mind?
For all the talk that the PNJ has a liberal agenda, perhaps it’s time to reflect on the fact that the PNJ isn’t as liberal as one might think, particularly when they endorse a Republican for president of the United States.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 02:46:37 +0000

The web was to create jobs. In this case it cut jobs. What one person can do with a computer with spell checker and a good connection use to take multiple people. A printer, A delivery person, A Car, A Editor and someone to answer the phone while they were busy. Hope those ten people can find a job in this tough economy.

By: freedom

freedom — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 02:25:28 +0000

cannot say im exactly heartbroken over the news that they are hurting enough to start cutting jobs………been coming for long time. this publication has been corrupt and biased for so long now that it is incalculable how much damage they have done to this republic by printing the diatribe they have been slinging from the corporate publisher that is controlled by left wing corporations purposely printed and sent to the people with specific agendas,…..I know it is bad for the local workers that got laid off but perhaps they can see the upside of this , that the economy is good and jobs are plentiful,……after all is this not what the news journal has been trying to sell us for the last few years now???