# Silly poll on newspaper names and credibility.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-poll-on-newspaper-names-and-credibility/214627>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 22, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-poll-on-newspaper-names-and-credibility/214627 "2003-11-22T05:23:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-poll-on-newspaper-names-and-credibility/214627/21 "2003-11-23T06:41:29Z")

</div>

Journal  
Times  
Post  
News

I’ve never seen the Tribune. And I don’t think the New York Times is the pinnacle of perfection, as too many people make it out to be. One would think that the Blair scandal made people recognize that the Times is a newspaper like any other.

(Hopefully, everyone realizes that picking any one news source is unlikely to give you an objective view of the world.)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-poll-on-newspaper-names-and-credibility/214627/22 "2003-11-23T07:06:47Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Mr. Babbington \*  
> \*\*We have the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. They are both pretty much rags… If I had to pick the more respectable paper, I’d have to say it was the Star-Tribune. \*\*

And the Strib has [Lileks](http://www.lileks.com). You can’t get any cooler than that. 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-poll-on-newspaper-names-and-credibility/214627/23 "2003-11-24T01:04:12Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by interface2x \*  
> **It stuff like this where the people who own the papers know what they’re doing - they’re owned by the same people.**

Actually, that’s not quite accurate. The papers are separately owned and have completely separate editorial and news staff, but they have a Joint Operating Agreement under which they’re physically published by the same company. Advertising rates and policies are governed by that agreement as well.

The Tribune is owned by Scripps-Howard. The Journal is owned by the Lang family of Albuquerque. [This Denver Post article](http://63.147.65.175/business/joa0723b.htm) has the details about the arrangement.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-poll-on-newspaper-names-and-credibility/214627/24 "2003-11-25T05:59:26Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by twickster \*  
> \*\*Hmm, **Krockodil** , I notice you don’t mention the Washington **Times** … \*\*

I’m friends with some **Times** employees. They don’t seriously expect the paper to continue after the Rev. Moon’s imminent demise. **The Washington Times** just isn’t a serious player in this town, which is too bad because the **Post** doesn’t deserve the lock on this town that they have. They need some competition.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-poll-on-newspaper-names-and-credibility/214627.md?page=1)