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	Comments on: Bob Ford Leaving the Philadelphia Inquirer After 32 Years	</title>
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		By: Inky Dinky		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Inky Dinky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 12:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More cuts and layoffs, and the Inquirer will turn into a broadsheet  version of The Metro.  Sad.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More cuts and layoffs, and the Inquirer will turn into a broadsheet  version of The Metro.  Sad.</p>
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		By: Drammy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drammy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 00:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I will miss you. I loved your end of year reviews! Enjoy the next adventure. At 66, it is wonderful to move forward!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will miss you. I loved your end of year reviews! Enjoy the next adventure. At 66, it is wonderful to move forward!</p>
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		By: barbara bottini		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[barbara bottini]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.crossingbroad.com/2020/04/bob-ford-leaving-the-philadelphia-inquirer-after-32-years.html#comment-2643938&quot;&gt;Real Ity Check&lt;/a&gt;.

I agree.  He should find a new slant.]]></description>
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<p>I agree.  He should find a new slant.</p>
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		By: no, he's real		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[no, he's real]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.crossingbroad.com/2020/04/bob-ford-leaving-the-philadelphia-inquirer-after-32-years.html#comment-2643769&quot;&gt;It’s crazy right?&lt;/a&gt;.

RWNJ commenter from the Inquirer/PhillyVoice.  Makes mental Joe look like AOC.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.crossingbroad.com/2020/04/bob-ford-leaving-the-philadelphia-inquirer-after-32-years.html#comment-2643769">It’s crazy right?</a>.</p>
<p>RWNJ commenter from the Inquirer/PhillyVoice.  Makes mental Joe look like AOC.</p>
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		By: Delaware River Rat		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Delaware River Rat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[No soapbox, just observing actual reality. Have you actually read the Inquirer and Daily News in the past few years? Are you old enough to have read it back in the time Buddy Ryan was coaching the Eagles? How about the years under Vermiel? If so, I suppose we&#039;d not having this conversation, cause you&#039;d have agreed with my opinion based on actually reading these papers over the years, to know they have become nothing but the media voice for one political party. I was always a lover of the newspaper. Nothing better then getting the Sunday editions of any local paper to get the major league stats compiled for each team. The day after breakdown of an Eagles win or loss by about a dozen or so outstanding writers, including some local and national hall of famers. Same for Baseball, Basketball and Hockey. That&#039;s all gone now.

People who were around to watch the Flyers hold their two winning Stanley Cups up high, to have watched the rise of the Eagles under Vermiel, to have agonized along with the Phils in that great Astros series of 1980, then the championship parade of 80; the Fo, Fo, Fo of Moses and the 83 Sixers........we all didn&#039;t shrivel up and just blown away with the wind. Those who tired of seeing our newspapers taken over by Bolsheviks like Will Bunch and his ilk just elected to walk away and as you say, look to get their team info via free sites or even local talk radio. Sites free of political bs. I personally like my sports to be just sports and far leftist opinions be countered by a fair opposing point of view be herded and put into the op ed section of a site. Unfortunately, those opinions have now spilled over into the news section; even guiding how the news is to be written.

You make very good points, however it&#039;s my observation that folks 40 and younger have not much interest in hard news beyond what happened in the game the night before. It kills me to see what&#039;s happened with print media cause I used to believe a vital news industry was important for a free democracy to survive. Maybe it will, with the on-line medium. Control the news, control the message, control the reader.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No soapbox, just observing actual reality. Have you actually read the Inquirer and Daily News in the past few years? Are you old enough to have read it back in the time Buddy Ryan was coaching the Eagles? How about the years under Vermiel? If so, I suppose we&#8217;d not having this conversation, cause you&#8217;d have agreed with my opinion based on actually reading these papers over the years, to know they have become nothing but the media voice for one political party. I was always a lover of the newspaper. Nothing better then getting the Sunday editions of any local paper to get the major league stats compiled for each team. The day after breakdown of an Eagles win or loss by about a dozen or so outstanding writers, including some local and national hall of famers. Same for Baseball, Basketball and Hockey. That&#8217;s all gone now.</p>
<p>People who were around to watch the Flyers hold their two winning Stanley Cups up high, to have watched the rise of the Eagles under Vermiel, to have agonized along with the Phils in that great Astros series of 1980, then the championship parade of 80; the Fo, Fo, Fo of Moses and the 83 Sixers&#8230;&#8230;..we all didn&#8217;t shrivel up and just blown away with the wind. Those who tired of seeing our newspapers taken over by Bolsheviks like Will Bunch and his ilk just elected to walk away and as you say, look to get their team info via free sites or even local talk radio. Sites free of political bs. I personally like my sports to be just sports and far leftist opinions be countered by a fair opposing point of view be herded and put into the op ed section of a site. Unfortunately, those opinions have now spilled over into the news section; even guiding how the news is to be written.</p>
<p>You make very good points, however it&#8217;s my observation that folks 40 and younger have not much interest in hard news beyond what happened in the game the night before. It kills me to see what&#8217;s happened with print media cause I used to believe a vital news industry was important for a free democracy to survive. Maybe it will, with the on-line medium. Control the news, control the message, control the reader.</p>
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		By: Real Ity Check		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Real Ity Check]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.crossingbroad.com/2020/04/bob-ford-leaving-the-philadelphia-inquirer-after-32-years.html#comment-2643703&quot;&gt;Delaware River Rat&lt;/a&gt;.

Dear lord, get off your soapbox. Newspaper aren’t dying due to their political slant; they’re dying nationwide because people under 40 have no interest in reading physical newspapers and don’t want to pay for gateway access to local news they can find elsewhere for free. At the same time, ad revenue was already circling the drain for print media and now it’s on life support. What killed print media was opening the pandora’s box of “everything’s free!” in the early days of the Internet. Can’t put that genie back in the bottle, it was just exceptionally bad foresight that ultimately doomed an entire industry.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.crossingbroad.com/2020/04/bob-ford-leaving-the-philadelphia-inquirer-after-32-years.html#comment-2643703">Delaware River Rat</a>.</p>
<p>Dear lord, get off your soapbox. Newspaper aren’t dying due to their political slant; they’re dying nationwide because people under 40 have no interest in reading physical newspapers and don’t want to pay for gateway access to local news they can find elsewhere for free. At the same time, ad revenue was already circling the drain for print media and now it’s on life support. What killed print media was opening the pandora’s box of “everything’s free!” in the early days of the Internet. Can’t put that genie back in the bottle, it was just exceptionally bad foresight that ultimately doomed an entire industry.</p>
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		By: It’s crazy right?		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[It’s crazy right?]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.crossingbroad.com/2020/04/bob-ford-leaving-the-philadelphia-inquirer-after-32-years.html#comment-2643703&quot;&gt;Delaware River Rat&lt;/a&gt;.

That’s mental Joe. He writes the childish comments all day long.  

That’s nuts.]]></description>
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<p>That’s mental Joe. He writes the childish comments all day long.  </p>
<p>That’s nuts.</p>
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		By: Target World		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Target World]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When is that little punk Bunch gonna get laid off?]]></description>
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		By: Ragsheet Fish Wrapper		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ragsheet Fish Wrapper]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[These days, a lot of the Inquirer sportswriters are not writing about what is going on in the &quot;Toy Dept.&quot;, but you will see their bylines in the news section, writing about COVID-19-related stories.  All to keep them on payroll.  What would Sandy Grady or Elmer Smith think about this?  Maybe they tried to do this with Bob Ford, and he resisted.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These days, a lot of the Inquirer sportswriters are not writing about what is going on in the &#8220;Toy Dept.&#8221;, but you will see their bylines in the news section, writing about COVID-19-related stories.  All to keep them on payroll.  What would Sandy Grady or Elmer Smith think about this?  Maybe they tried to do this with Bob Ford, and he resisted.</p>
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		By: Listening to talk radio more during this pandemic		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Listening to talk radio more during this pandemic]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve noticed that the same 12-15 gibrones call every...focking...day...]]></description>
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		By: Delaware River Rat		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Delaware River Rat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I always looked forward to Bob&#039;s work, covering the Tour De France (covered as well by the late Bill Lyon). Hard to believe the same paper, which has really made a hard turn to the Left, could afford the money to send reporters overseas to France to cover that long distance race. But of course, back then, the paper still had some good to excellent writers on board, which cannot be said right now. A shame, but they shot themselves in the feet by alienting over 50% of their newspaper buying  public. The writers who got out with some semblance of a pension or good buyout, I feel good for. Those hanging with that paper are gonna be in for a big surprise in the coming years.

Not a good time to be in the hard newsprint business these days. The people in charge, who elected willingly to take their editorial and reporting slant to the hard left, will be the ones responsible for killing off the american institutions.

Appreciate the stuff Kevin Kinkead is putting out with this blog. It&#039;s unfortunate that the commenting community here is what it is. I think he deserves better.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always looked forward to Bob&#8217;s work, covering the Tour De France (covered as well by the late Bill Lyon). Hard to believe the same paper, which has really made a hard turn to the Left, could afford the money to send reporters overseas to France to cover that long distance race. But of course, back then, the paper still had some good to excellent writers on board, which cannot be said right now. A shame, but they shot themselves in the feet by alienting over 50% of their newspaper buying  public. The writers who got out with some semblance of a pension or good buyout, I feel good for. Those hanging with that paper are gonna be in for a big surprise in the coming years.</p>
<p>Not a good time to be in the hard newsprint business these days. The people in charge, who elected willingly to take their editorial and reporting slant to the hard left, will be the ones responsible for killing off the american institutions.</p>
<p>Appreciate the stuff Kevin Kinkead is putting out with this blog. It&#8217;s unfortunate that the commenting community here is what it is. I think he deserves better.</p>
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		By: *ssh*le		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[*ssh*le]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.crossingbroad.com/2020/04/bob-ford-leaving-the-philadelphia-inquirer-after-32-years.html#comment-2643668&quot;&gt;Smarty Jones&lt;/a&gt;.

f*ck *ff]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.crossingbroad.com/2020/04/bob-ford-leaving-the-philadelphia-inquirer-after-32-years.html#comment-2643668">Smarty Jones</a>.</p>
<p>f*ck *ff</p>
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		By: Kinkeur got Canned for yelling at Pewtoes		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kinkeur got Canned for yelling at Pewtoes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Uh oh... this is not good.
one less source for kinkuer to steal articles from, changes a few words and then repost them as his own.

That okay. maybe   ceebeeEss will hire you back if you promise to to schpew your hateful reycist
rhetoric.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uh oh&#8230; this is not good.<br />
one less source for kinkuer to steal articles from, changes a few words and then repost them as his own.</p>
<p>That okay. maybe   ceebeeEss will hire you back if you promise to to schpew your hateful reycist<br />
rhetoric.</p>
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		By: Mental Joe		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mental Joe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.crossingbroad.com/2020/04/bob-ford-leaving-the-philadelphia-inquirer-after-32-years.html#comment-2643670&quot;&gt;Mother Africa&lt;/a&gt;.

Mental Joe is about to go on a run of the same crap he repeats every day. You can tell when he gets loopy.  What a life.  

Enjoy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.crossingbroad.com/2020/04/bob-ford-leaving-the-philadelphia-inquirer-after-32-years.html#comment-2643670">Mother Africa</a>.</p>
<p>Mental Joe is about to go on a run of the same crap he repeats every day. You can tell when he gets loopy.  What a life.  </p>
<p>Enjoy.</p>
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		By: Mother Africa		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mother Africa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Breaking good news: A potential vaccine for the Coronavirus is being developed in Germany. We are just shocked that it hasn’t come from Kenya.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Breaking good news: A potential vaccine for the Coronavirus is being developed in Germany. We are just shocked that it hasn’t come from Kenya.</p>
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		By: Test		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Test]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Does he know?]]></description>
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		By: Smarty Jones		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Smarty Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Would have been great if the K*ntucky d*rby was S@turday. P*rfect we@ther for outs*de b*ers and D JerAdi d*rby picks. Throw  in a fly*rs or s*xers pl@yoff game. F]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Would have been great if the K*ntucky d*rby was S@turday. P*rfect we@ther for outs*de b*ers and D JerAdi d*rby picks. Throw  in a fly*rs or s*xers pl@yoff game. F</p>
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		By: Brian		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bob may be a great guy, but not on the list of great Philadelphia sportswriters imho.]]></description>
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		By: Big Lenny		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Big Lenny]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can honestly say, never heard of her]]></description>
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