So...Like the Union Tribune wasn't already enough of a right wing rag and mouthpiece for our local haves, #1 Douchebag Gay Hater and Teabagging 1 percenter Doug Manchester ( the man that brought us Prop 8 ) just bought the paper, and is already promising a editorial shift to the Ultra Right/Ultra Stupid.
Yep - San Diego's own little Donald Trump wannabe "Papa Doug" Manchester just purchased controlling stakes in The San Diego Union.
If you aren't Familiar with Papa Doug, here are some of his proudest moments...
http://www.boycottmanchesterhotels.com/
http://crooksandliars.com/...
The path forward?
John Lynch, the former local radio executive who will become the newspaper's new president and CEO, offered a preview Thursday night of that future...The paper's once-influential conservative editorial page softened. Lynch said he sees an opportunity there. He wants people to talk about the editorial page. He and Manchester, both politically conservative, want to forge a stronger, better San Diego."
Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/...
although this may have something to do with it, too ...
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/...
During a newsroom meeting, a source said Publisher Ed Moss welcomed the sale and reported that Manchester was interested in the newspaper — not just the 13 acres in Mission Valley that comes with it. The paper's headquarters sits on valuable land just south of the Fashion Valley mall.
It was a horrible conservative paper before, but for the people already working there?
Though many journalists at the paper were relieved when the newspaper was sold in 2009, today's reaction was mixed, the newsroom source said.
"Nobody was crying," the person said, "but nobody was screaming with joy."
Not that Journalistic credibility has ever been the Union-Tribune's strong suit, but....
He also thrusts the Union-Tribune's newsroom into what is an awkward position for any newspaper. It will have to report on its master. Manchester is a newsmaker. Look no farther than the newspaper's website Wednesday night, just hours before the sale was announced. Two of its top stories online were about Manchester. One about his Del Mar resort hotel earning five stars, another about his $1.3 billion development planned on Navy property downtown.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/...
Local gay rights activist Fred Sainz had this to say....
"He has a well-earned reputation for being a small-minded, resentful, mean-spirited man," said Fred Sainz, the former spokesman for Mayor Jerry Sanders. "And those are not the character traits you want in the publisher of your newspaper. It's going to be hard to believe the editorial positions of the newspaper were arrived at in a thoughtful and unbiased manner."
I've been trying to get my wife to cancel her subscription for years, but she likes her newspapers...
I think this may be the final straw for her.