The drifting Los Angeles Times threw themselves their annual in-house awards ceremony last week (libbies like to get awards, even if they are completely contrived and phony - like they are).
Times columnist Steve Lopez got up to the podium and quizzed the room full of the paper's employees on the soon-to-happen turnover to one of three possible buyers. You know, to see how the employees 'feel' about the sale.
The straight-shooting, unbiased, and tolerant libbies made no effort to hide a slow shuddering fear that they may be soon be working for conservative bosses.
- "Raise your hand if you would quit if the paper was bought by Austin Beutner's group." No one raised their hands.
- "Raise your hand if you would quit if the paper was bought by Rupert Murdoch." A few people raised their hands.
- "Raise your hand if you would quit if the paper was bought by the Koch brothers." Half the red faced, quivering mass of soon-to-be-fired anyway staff raised their hands in heroic anonymity.
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