Reply #52: Fascinating to Me, the Attitude Towards Gannet / USA Today / Tennessean [View All]

The journalist this story is about, John Siegenthaler, was the founding editor of USA Today. And he is considered a giant in journalism, and in free speech causes.

USA Today's current editor, Ken Paulson, was actually running the First Amendment Center (founded by Siegenthaler, IIRC) before taking his current job.

When I moved to Nash Vegas, many trashed of the Tennessean and talked about the Banner like it was a "real newspaper." The Banner was a fucking joke. Actually, they both were but the difference was the Banner was locally owned, and conservative. The Tennessean is supposedly a liberal paper, but it's a spineless one. It's been getting a little better under the current editor. I don't have high hopes, but at least it's not on the same level as toilet paper anymore.

Just adding a little local context.