Maybe they can do something about Krystal's outrageous pricing strategy.They don't even price individual Krystals anymore because they would be over a dollar apiece-A terrible deal compared to a McDouble.
Has anybody else noticed how the number of comments on this feature have dropped since the change in comments policy ? There used to be upwards of 80-90-100 comments on Clay Bennets daily cartoon,but now he's lucky to get 45. The Knoxville News Sentinel still has comments and they seem to be doing fine.
"Just another form of silence-the-opposition-through-censorship. "
No, this is NOT censorship. Censorship would be if the government came in and silenced the opposition.This is just a private business doing something stupid.When their readership online drops off and they can't deliver eyeballs, they will go away. By then , Ms. Gerber or whomever made this decision will be long gone,running someone else's paper into the ground. The owners will find that a bell can't be unrung and their audience will have been picked up by someone else. Which begs the question...
Why don't some of you technically minded types start a discussion forum based on the stories in the paper? The audience is already there (you're reading this now aren't you?), all you have to do is let them know that they can mosey over to your little corner of the world and say what the TFP doesn't want to let them say.
Another dumb move that will hasten the irrelevancy of traditional newspapers.The only reason to read the online edition of this paper on most days is to get a feel for the conventional wisdom as expressed by the comments to various stories. Yeah, there are some wing nuts out there,but there are plenty of thoughtful insightful comments posted to balance that out.As one person suggested above, the comments can be hidden and accessed with a click if you people are so worried about your (fading) image.
And for you folks that think that anonymity is so bad, just remember, They know just who you are in North Korea, Russia and other unsavory parts of the world.Anonymous opinions are the only honest ones.More than likely, some politician leaned on someone at the TFP and cut off their "access" and the paper caved.
So here we are.Now that there is no effective local print competition, the TFP wants to mold your opinions and impose its worldview like it did when the local paper was a de facto monopoly. Reporters can impose whatever bias they want to in an article or series, but their interpretations are now treated as infallible and not open to question or discussion. Good luck with that.
Since the TFP had hired a battalion of beginners, interns and inexperienced kids (they work cheap,you know) we will now have the "news" decided by people that not too long ago were holding keggers and bong parties. They will be putty in the hands of professional huckster politicians like Chuck Fleischman or Ron Littlefield because they haven't made their chops or paid their dues. They don't know how to report.The TFP may as well have made clay Bennett the editor because that what the articles will be like.
I'm going to miss the other commenters,even the ones that chewed me a new one most of the time. At least their agenda was right there for the world to see.
A good time to remind the voters of Walker County that an even worse deal was floated about this time last year by county commissioner Bebe Heiskell to bail out a bankrupt developer from a bad deal at Canyon Ridge. Amidst little white lies, half truths and giant,entertaining whoppers from her office, the whole thing collapsed when the bonds that needed to be sold,couldn't be.
At least this guy was trying to do this deal with private monies.It cratered and the county's schoolkids have missed out on $350,000 in books, buildings and teachers while it had floundered. I'm glad their county commission is not in bed with this developer or this could drag on for years.
Its always dangerous to count wins (or losses) this far out,(it's an eternity until next fall due to attrition, academic failings, spring injuries, bar fights,etc) but since we're playing "what if?"
...
This is what passes for "capitalism" circa 2011. Instead of making something of value and selling it to people that want to buy it,our economy is reduced to loan sharking, "virtual" companies and "entrepreneurs" like this guy.No wonder we're broke several times over.
Krystal sold to Atlanta investment group
Maybe they can do something about Krystal's outrageous pricing strategy.They don't even price individual Krystals anymore because they would be over a dollar apiece-A terrible deal compared to a McDouble.
3 charged in Hamilton jail drug investigation
What ? ! Have we been given our free speech back ? Are we free to comment again on news stories ?
Charlotte & 7th
Has anybody else noticed how the number of comments on this feature have dropped since the change in comments policy ? There used to be upwards of 80-90-100 comments on Clay Bennets daily cartoon,but now he's lucky to get 45. The Knoxville News Sentinel still has comments and they seem to be doing fine.
Just sayin'
Gerber: Our online comments policy is changing
@ rolando
"Just another form of silence-the-opposition-through-censorship. "
No, this is NOT censorship. Censorship would be if the government came in and silenced the opposition.This is just a private business doing something stupid.When their readership online drops off and they can't deliver eyeballs, they will go away. By then , Ms. Gerber or whomever made this decision will be long gone,running someone else's paper into the ground. The owners will find that a bell can't be unrung and their audience will have been picked up by someone else. Which begs the question...
Why don't some of you technically minded types start a discussion forum based on the stories in the paper? The audience is already there (you're reading this now aren't you?), all you have to do is let them know that they can mosey over to your little corner of the world and say what the TFP doesn't want to let them say.
Gerber: Our online comments policy is changing
Another dumb move that will hasten the irrelevancy of traditional newspapers.The only reason to read the online edition of this paper on most days is to get a feel for the conventional wisdom as expressed by the comments to various stories. Yeah, there are some wing nuts out there,but there are plenty of thoughtful insightful comments posted to balance that out.As one person suggested above, the comments can be hidden and accessed with a click if you people are so worried about your (fading) image.
And for you folks that think that anonymity is so bad, just remember, They know just who you are in North Korea, Russia and other unsavory parts of the world.Anonymous opinions are the only honest ones.More than likely, some politician leaned on someone at the TFP and cut off their "access" and the paper caved.
So here we are.Now that there is no effective local print competition, the TFP wants to mold your opinions and impose its worldview like it did when the local paper was a de facto monopoly. Reporters can impose whatever bias they want to in an article or series, but their interpretations are now treated as infallible and not open to question or discussion. Good luck with that.
Since the TFP had hired a battalion of beginners, interns and inexperienced kids (they work cheap,you know) we will now have the "news" decided by people that not too long ago were holding keggers and bong parties. They will be putty in the hands of professional huckster politicians like Chuck Fleischman or Ron Littlefield because they haven't made their chops or paid their dues. They don't know how to report.The TFP may as well have made clay Bennett the editor because that what the articles will be like.
I'm going to miss the other commenters,even the ones that chewed me a new one most of the time. At least their agenda was right there for the world to see.
Developer facing distress tax sale files Chapter 11
A good time to remind the voters of Walker County that an even worse deal was floated about this time last year by county commissioner Bebe Heiskell to bail out a bankrupt developer from a bad deal at Canyon Ridge. Amidst little white lies, half truths and giant,entertaining whoppers from her office, the whole thing collapsed when the bonds that needed to be sold,couldn't be.
At least this guy was trying to do this deal with private monies.It cratered and the county's schoolkids have missed out on $350,000 in books, buildings and teachers while it had floundered. I'm glad their county commission is not in bed with this developer or this could drag on for years.
Greeson: Eight wins attainable UT target
Its always dangerous to count wins (or losses) this far out,(it's an eternity until next fall due to attrition, academic failings, spring injuries, bar fights,etc) but since we're playing "what if?" ...
Likely wins-
1) Georgia State. 2) Akron 3) Kentucky
Likely losses-
1) Alabama 2) Florida 3) Georgia 4) South Carolina 5) Missouri
Toss Ups-
1) N.C. State 2) Troy (yes, Troy. They play the big boys tough) 3) Missy State 4) Vanderbilt
Tennessee's season will be decided by those four toss up games. If they slip up and mail it in against any one of those teams, Derek Dooley's gone.
Local companies tied to offshore payday lenders
This is what passes for "capitalism" circa 2011. Instead of making something of value and selling it to people that want to buy it,our economy is reduced to loan sharking, "virtual" companies and "entrepreneurs" like this guy.No wonder we're broke several times over.
UTC’s Chris Early suspended for anti-coach tweets
This team is playing Hiwassee ? Aren't they a junior college ?