The big debate: Tucson Citizen may close
by Mark Kimble on Jan. 19, 2009, under Opinion‘I . . . hope we don’t lose another venerable institution like so many lost neighborhoods, venues and landmarks.’ – Azogue
The story: Gannett Co. Inc. will close the Tucson Citizen on March 21 if it does not find a buyer for the paper.
Your take: Some of you apparently read the Citizen only because it makes you mad. Others say they’ll miss us.
The comment at the top of the column is typical of the latter. “Sad to see it go if it happens,” said Blkojo.” I have read the Citizen since I was in high school.”
“I love reading the Citizen every day and really enjoy Tucson being a city with two daily newspapers,” said SamBrace.
“It will be a sad day for journalism – and the Old Pueblo – if Arizona’s oldest paper closes,” said jgillum.
Sabrcat says we may have killed ourselves. “Both the Star and the Citizen need to wise up and charge to read the paper online.”
But there were no shortage of readers ready to dance on our grave – if it comes to that.
“I have dozens and dozens of posts trying to tell this paper that they would go out of business if they continued the leftist, biased slant,” Scotty F chortled.
sever was thinking along the same lines: “I’ll clean out the liberal left loonie writers and bring the whole ship to a profit. The landlords win and most of the employees win.”
“I thought this paper was too slanted toward illegals,” wrote The Rebel. “But, that said, I hope the best for all the employees and hope all works out the best for them!”
One final comment from taharding: “Bye bye Kimble, don’t let the door hit you in the A** on the way out. Good riddance.” That wasn’t very nice.
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