tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post4612220223428875507..comments2023-04-25T22:37:27.911-04:00Comments on Karen Johns - Life in Phoenixville: "Bad, bad, horrible news!" - Troubling times ahead for the Phoenix newspaper?Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057911658878963451noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-39775230621985376812008-04-12T20:11:00.000-04:002008-04-12T20:11:00.000-04:00A Spanish language newspaper will be along shortly...A Spanish language newspaper will be along shortly just as sure as you see all the new Hispanic store fronts and the men hanging out on the corners. <BR/>You'll have to learn Spanish to read the local newspaper.<BR/>The parking garage will be paid for in pesos.<BR/>The first story the paper will cover is how you do not have to pay the yearly occupational tax if you are an illegal alien. Oops, I meant to say "undocumented worker".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-62142004718572352432008-04-12T19:31:00.000-04:002008-04-12T19:31:00.000-04:00Karen, I agree with the above posting. The blogger...Karen, I agree with the above posting. The bloggers of this town have provided us more information about what is going on in local corrupted governtmental process than the paper has been willing to see fit for prrint. Now look at there posting trying to roast the Chickenman. Aflagrant personal attack and allowing a piling on effect to continue. Poor taste, no class lazy writters!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-68215685442259133722008-04-12T13:44:00.000-04:002008-04-12T13:44:00.000-04:00Perhaps we should go back to the 1870s and 1880s w...Perhaps we should go back to the 1870s and 1880s when the local papers (yes, there were two for a while) were weekly's. And although many items were only a sentence or two the papers covered more local news than the daily Phoenix of today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-69641331354305334442008-04-12T12:50:00.000-04:002008-04-12T12:50:00.000-04:00I would imagine that the next step would be a fire...I would imagine that the next step would be a fire sale of JRC's existing print papers. If nobody picks up the Phoenix, they will close up the Phoenix and the DLN will cover the whole county. Is that a bad thing? I think it is but remember what the internet has allowed people to do here in Phoenixville, report the news that they feel is important. I think that it will be possible to have council information covered by non professional writers. I also think we can do without the editorial opinions of the Erie Times once a week. The real problem is that we will be missing the feel good stories but I would imagine that people could report that in the DLN if they pressed the editors.<BR/><BR/>Newspapers that can't step into the electronic age effectively, die painful deaths. The Phoenix can't compete the way they do business. Crime and fires that are reported on a timely basis and given "above the fold" space,government news that is delayed a few days and not reported comprehensively or correctly, and news and opinion from out of town through wire services are obsolete in this age of 24 hr. news cycles.<BR/><BR/>When Bill Rettew and Karin Williams left, the paper imploded. They were real reporters that had knowledge of the town and a desire to report on its real workings. They asked questions of a broad range of people and dug deep to get the real story. It doesn't happen like that anymore and it is a real joke. Brian McCarthy did an excellent piece on the HACC. He really dug deep and understood the issues. One reporter doing that infrequently does not lead to a strong and loyal readership. It leads to a very disappointed readership. <BR/><BR/>That is what the residents of Phoenixville are, just disappointed in the Phoenix.Mr. Ellsworth Tooheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12794466559425328027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-38390880472272589532008-04-12T11:20:00.000-04:002008-04-12T11:20:00.000-04:00I'm not initimately familiar with the internal wor...I'm not initimately familiar with the internal workings of JRC, jrc bites, and have no association with or loyalty to that company.<BR/><BR/>What really bites here is the fact that we may lose our daily newspaper.<BR/><BR/>In existence since 1888, 120 years, our hometown newspaper, may be in it's death throes.<BR/><BR/>Think of the history the newspaper has chronicled throughout those years, and think of those items which, if it's gone, will pass basically unnoticed, and without public scrutiny.<BR/><BR/>Bad news.<BR/><BR/>However, we put the horse before the cart in this instance because no official notice has been given regarding closure of any JRC owned newspaper.<BR/><BR/>I've seen the demise of the Iron Company, the move of the West Company and other businesses, the barely-escaped move of Phoenixville Hospital, the demolition our many historical and iconic buildings, i.e., the McCullum house, the Reeves mansion, the Knoll, the General Pike Hotel, and recently the closure of the Vale-Rio, to know that all change in the name of progress is not good in my eyes.<BR/><BR/>Love it or distain it, the fact that we still currently have a daily newspaper recording the events of the Phoenixville area should be recognized as a local treasure.<BR/><BR/>One we should be prepared fight for if need be.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057911658878963451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888510041198780859.post-69958093437194606352008-04-12T07:58:00.000-04:002008-04-12T07:58:00.000-04:00How is this bad news? If you knew anything about J...How is this bad news? If you knew anything about JRC's evil behavior, you'd be cheering the demise of this disgusting company.JRC BITEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744438360389055438noreply@blogger.com