Comments on: La Socialista: Going Down Like A Led Zeppelin

By: Soft Sigh From Hell

Soft Sigh From Hell — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:07:51 +0000

“I would like an paper, with stories that are local. Local Government, crime reports, weddings, deaths, entertainment and military stuff and sports. High school sports and politics.”

That would be pretty ironic. That would be The Columbia Record, the old afternoon paper.

By: Jeffy01

Jeffy01 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:40:51 +0000

What you mean Ron Morris and Warren Bolton are pulling in the readers?! I pick up my copy everyday to hear about Boltons Sunday School class. Riveting stuff! (I just read BIN news for my info)

By: EM

EM — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:02:22 +0000

I would like an paper, with stories that are local. Local Government, crime reports, weddings, deaths, entertainment and military stuff and sports. High school sports and politics. So Neighbors and Free Times and the debutante paper need to get together and try a weekly…

By: James the Foot Soldier

James the Foot Soldier — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:36:05 +0000

Any conservative buying The State or The USA Today might as well just write a check to the Democrat National Committee.

The gig is up.

Buy a Wall Street Journal and get your local news via the internets.

p.s…same goes for a conservative buying a Government Motors or Chyrsler product – you might as well just write a check to the Democrat National Committee.

By: mark g

mark g — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:02:45 +0000

Their editorial page aside, I do consider The State required reading.

I think local journalism is essential to the health of the community. I hope they can bounce back. It is critical that real journalists– working a beat, building contacts, tracking down leads– hold those in power accountable. (Blogging is fine, but it’s not the same.)

They are not perfect, but I think our community would be far better off with a robust State newspaper. I hate to think what the state will be like if there’s no one to keep tabs on those clowns in the State House.

By: Local Radio Doing Better than Paper

Local Radio Doing Better than Paper — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:45:02 +0000

Local radio’s revenue is still doing well. It will be awhile before radio goes that way of print.

By: Darkseid616

Darkseid616 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:39:34 +0000

The State isn’t the only paper dying a slow death, the (Florence) Morning News has also seen a reduction in subscriptions and rack sales. They have even cut the overall size of the paper to save costs. Other papers in this state have cut out printing papers on traditionally slow news days (Monday). As for the advertising; the classified just don’t cut it. Whether our local paper or the state there really are none now. Will we see the end of local newspapers, I doubt it but we could see consolidation,reduction of frequency,or maybe even some communities could lose their hometown paper. Despite what we may think of our assorted local papers across SC it would be a sad day to see them close but then again nothing lasts forever…

By: baked

baked — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:47:06 +0000

local radio is just a few steps behind newspapers on the road to the labrea tar pits.

By: K Trane

K Trane — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:59:11 +0000

Liberal newspapers in a conservative state = failure.

By: Dismayed

Dismayed — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:47:21 +0000

What will replace newspapers like The State? Certainly not blogs like this one, so heavily biased that it is downright funny, which (aside from the gossip) is why I read it. Imagine FITS covering a decision to call a snow day for schools: “Richland County District One RINO official calls snow day, school vouchers needed so students won’t be exposed to this socialist wastefulness. Is this RINO using frozen precipitation to distract everyone from his secret love life at Riverbanks Zoo?”