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	<description>How newspapers are using technology and conservative politics to destroy themselves</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Is it whom to hate or who to hate?</title>
		<link>http://www.whapwhap.com/2010/09/is-it-whom-to-hate-or-who-to-hate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My deep thought for the day: Because I don&#8217;t hate any race, religion or poor people in general I have no one to blame for my fears, doubts and shortcomings. That&#8217;s not fair. If only I could fill my heart with rage and hatred I&#8217;m sure I would be happier. Don&#8217;t expect a deep thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The bankruptcy of spirit</title>
		<link>http://www.whapwhap.com/2009/05/the-bankruptcy-of-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 23:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, with its recent filing for bankruptcy, The Columbian has come to epitomize the newspaper industry&#8217;s woes.
Like every newspaper company that has gone bankrupt, The Columbian cites the overall economic downturn carrying too much debt on the books for its predicament.
Yet like all those other companies, the paper&#8217;s problem run much deeper than that. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get over it, publishers: Most your wounds are self-inflicted</title>
		<link>http://www.whapwhap.com/2009/03/get-over-it-publishers-most-your-wounds-are-self-inflicted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As paper after paper fails or teeters on the edge of failing, we hear the same refrain from editors and publishers. We’re victims of horrible forces beyond our control.
Clearly that argument bears an element of truth, but it serves no one.
The logic is flawed in part because newspapers could have done something about many of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As The Columbian goes &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/10/as-the-columbian-goes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My employer of 24 years, The Columbian, is facing bankruptcy. It is, in so many ways, a microcosm not only of the newspaper industry but of the broader economy as well.
Society has been changing rapidly, making the traditional newspaper model look old and obsolete. Faced with those societal shifts, the paper could have shifted from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The crisis hits home</title>
		<link>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/10/the-crisis-hits-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, my old home: The Columbian.
The daily paper in Vancouver, WA, is close to filing Chapter 11.
The paper built itself a fancy palace, moving in in January. There&#8217;s no kind way to put it. This was a stupid move.
So today the publisher announced that the paper is being forced to move back into its old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How ya doin&#8217;? &#8230; No comment</title>
		<link>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/06/how-ya-doin-no-comment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/06/how-ya-doin-no-comment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So how is the newspaper industry reacting to its current crisis?
By refusing comment.
Here&#8217;s a line from an AP story:
&#8220;In fact, the industry group that compiles and releases ad revenue figures, the  Newspaper Association of America, this month stopped putting out quarterly press  releases with the numbers, though it quietly updated them on its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey publishers! Did you see those Bear Stearns guys?</title>
		<link>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/06/hey-publishers-did-you-see-those-bear-stearns-guys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Classifieds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Newspaper executives claim that no one saw the current crisis in the industry coming, so taking on enormous amounts of debt to erect buildings, buy presses an gobble up other papers was prudent business back when publishers were doing such things. Back in the good old days. A year or two ago.
Now that this unforeseen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain is a maverick, damn it!!!!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/06/mccain-is-a-maverick-damn-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/06/mccain-is-a-maverick-damn-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The mainstream media cling desperately to this storyline. Here&#8217;s a classic example from newsweek.com.
The author makes a compelling argument that McCain is not a clone of George Bush, and is instead a maverick. How compelling? Let&#8217;s look:

McCain either has long held, or recently has adopted, positions nearly identical to Bush&#8217;s on every major issue.
George Bush [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kill the McPaper</title>
		<link>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/06/kill-the-mcpaper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/06/kill-the-mcpaper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whapwhap.com/?p=79</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was no ordinary child. I loved newspapers.
My family would go on road trips throughout the country when I was little. From Detroit, we would venture out  to Texas, Oregon, Florida, California, Manitoba &#8230; and at every stop I would buy a copy of every newspaper available.
I collected hundreds of them, and kept them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now let&#8217;s ask some real questions &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/06/now-lets-ask-some-real-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whapwhap.com/2008/06/now-lets-ask-some-real-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With their choice of a new host for &#8220;Meet The Press,&#8221; NBC execs have an opportunity to change the tone of political reporting and help restore some credibility for the mainstream media.
I know, they won&#8217;t, but wouldn&#8217;t be nice? Speculation centers on David Gregory, Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough. I have no qualms with Gregory, [...]]]></description>
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