What's more, it's funny. This Internet of yours is a wonderful invention. I just started a Roll Call thread on the March 25 site. If you're going, chime in . The Digital Divide's New Frontier.
Surprise explores time, centeredness.
The notion that the Los Angeles Times is in the hands of people who have no obligation, no connection to or bond with Los Angeles or California is just startling. It's pretty clear that any remaining ambition that the Times has to be a national journalistic heavyweight is probably fantasy. The paper has become a commodity, like a hog farm or a copper mine. Advertisers like Vons and Macy's don't give a crap about how many people are buying the paper in Washington. The Chandlers, operating the paper as a political and economic weapon, had helped shape the city through their real estate deals, anti-labor advocacy, and water projects.