One year ago the New York Daily News, a left-leaning New York City tabloid that’s taken on Trump full blast, was bought by a journalism monstrosity known as Tronc. On Monday, the corporate overlords laid off half of the Daily News’ reporters, editors, and others on the editorial side of the business.
The Daily News, by the way, has become nationally famous for its amazing – and amazingly blunt – front page covers, like this from a few days ago:
The News’ editor hinted at the impending massive staff cuts when he changed his Twitter bio to read: “Just a guy sitting at home watching journalism being choked into extinction.”
He also posted this early AM tweet:
Tronc announced the cuts in a most inhumane way:
There’s a large and important discussion online right now about them importance of local news, something Tronc apparently does not care about.
Apparently, Tronc’s cuts included the people who run the Daily News’ social media accounts.
And apparently Tronc didn’t think about changing the passwords, because, this:
And, this:
Yes, local journalism and local news are vital to democracy. And attacks like this from Tronc are hurting America.