LAT Editor: **** off suits. I'm not gutting my newsroom

Baquet deserves all the credit in the world for this, but the big news here is that the publisher, Jeff Johnson, stood with Baquet. Unlike Baquet, Johnson is a Trib corporate guy that some have said has "gone native." So, I'll buy both of them a drink!

 

Something smells odd.

I wonder if this wasn't orchestrated by Tribune.

 

Young fool. Only at the end will you realize the true power of the dark side.

 

Not only will they find the dark side, they'll also find the unemployment line.

 

If the LAT fired Dean Banquet, there would be about 20 newspapers wrestling and fighting to see who could hire him first.

 

Which, of course, the big beancounters couldn't give a shit less about. When they want throats slashed to pump up their bottom line, that's what they want. They'll hire some stooge who will do what he's told, and Baquet will undoubtedly be much happier at his next job.

 

I don't know about that. Taking a stand does not endear you to publishers. No doubt he could go back to the NYT, but how many publishers are going to want to give the top newsroom job to someone who says no? Look at Jay Harris, the publisher who quit San Jose over budget cuts. If newspapers were clamoring to hire him, we haven't heard about it.

 

Using the paper to make himself a martyr. Sounds like he's just trying to leave a legacy.

 

legacy left.

fuck scott smith.

 

Mr. Perspective with another 1-iron to 3 feet.

 

Agreed.

 

This was not a setup by Tribune; Chicago suits were surprised to see the comments, especially from the publisher. Another call in today's paper for the Times to be sold.