Dirty Old Bastards (of Belo) Strike Back!

[Football_Bat]

Eighteen former DMN employees who were laid off in the wake of the 2004 circulation scandal have filed an age-discrimination lawsuit against the DMN and Belo Corp. in federal court.

Most of them are former writers and editors, and all are over the age of 40.

http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_story_297224148.html

 

[deportes]

those old-timers always throwing the age card.

 

[steveu]

Watch this one carefully... if a court rules against Belo in this, things could get pretty interesting. (obviousremarkfontturnedoff)

 

[Armchair_QB]

Any sports guys involved in this?

 

[Ace]

40 years old and older! How can they even manage to write a story with those cataract-filled eyes and arthritic fingers?

 

[terrier]

Mmmmm...might explain why Belo's Providence Journal pulled a 180 Sunday and endorsed the referendum which would change the state constitution to allow Harrah's to build a casino in Rhode Island. Harrah's has showed the ProJo PLENTY of advertising money this autumn.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Just the rumors about this suit eventually being filed have affected other papers. At the very end of the Herald's buyout/layoff process in '05, one poor young woman in news was laid off solely to be the only person under 45 let go by the paper.

 

[Basil Exposition]

Any sports guys involved in this?

Yeah, at least two -- Jan Hubbard and Gary West, both now at the Star-Telegram.

 

[steveu]

Now why am I not surprised they ended up there?