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Ideal of the Scoop

Submitted by Howard Sontz, Sep 30, 2008 10:22

This is the price of a truly free press. You have to sink or swim on your own; there are no permanent deep pockets. I am old enough to remember world-class newspapers like the Newark (NJ) Evening News and the New York Herald Tribune. When the backers with the cash disappeared, so did the newspapers. An easy response would be to ask you to put the paper on the Internet as a daily. Even that, however, costs money that just may not be there. Yours was a really enjoyable paper and an educational experience. Perhaps we'll get to see the Sun in a future incarnation. Howard Sontz


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Sep 30, 2008 14:15

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Sep 30, 2008 13:51

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Sep 30, 2008 13:50

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Sep 30, 2008 13:42

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Sep 30, 2008 13:16

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Sep 30, 2008 12:46

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Sep 30, 2008 12:36

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Sep 30, 2008 12:35

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Sep 30, 2008 12:26

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Sep 30, 2008 11:57

Farewell rationality. Farewell intelligence. Farewell Sun. (Okay now let me submit this comment!) [MORE]

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Sep 30, 2008 11:39

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Sep 30, 2008 11:33

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Sep 30, 2008 11:27

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Sep 30, 2008 11:14

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Sep 30, 2008 11:13

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Sep 30, 2008 11:03

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Sep 30, 2008 10:50

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Sep 30, 2008 10:28

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Sep 30, 2008 10:22

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Sep 30, 2008 09:55

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Sep 30, 2008 09:53

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Sep 30, 2008 09:46

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Sep 30, 2008 09:39

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Sep 30, 2008 09:09

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Sep 30, 2008 08:58

Thank you for giving us caring New Yorkers such a wonderful newspaper. We will miss you terribly. [MORE]

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Sep 30, 2008 08:55

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Sep 30, 2008 08:40

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Sep 30, 2008 08:31

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Sep 30, 2008 08:21

Pity and sad. Time for soul searching. Seth, why not, at least, stay on line? Saul Zadka - London [MORE]

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Sep 30, 2008 07:33

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Sep 30, 2008 07:20

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Sep 30, 2008 06:58

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Sep 30, 2008 06:34

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Sep 30, 2008 06:33

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Sep 30, 2008 06:03

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Sep 30, 2008 06:01

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Sep 30, 2008 02:18

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Sep 30, 2008 01:28

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Sep 30, 2008 00:24

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Michael Smith 

Sep 30, 2008 00:11

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