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immoderate

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14. I worked for a group of local newspapers after college.

Reply to liam_laddie (Reply #12)

Sat May 19, 2012, 06:01 PM

May 2012

We used Knight-Ridder News Service back then, and though we only used local news and features from them, their national stories, in dispatches, typically topped other news outlets. Vietnam days.

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What do you think about using McClatchy news service as a source? [View all] NNN0LHI May 2012 OP

A Dying Breed... KharmaTrain May 2012 #1

Better than practically any MSM alternative. leveymg May 2012 #2

McClatchy is one of the better ones but you have to be careful EFerrari May 2012 #3

I've read some really good reporting from them. emulatorloo May 2012 #4

Top notch NV Whino May 2012 #5

The only major print chain to call 'bullshit' on Iraq WMD prior to coalition_unwilling May 2012 #6

Upon reflection, I know if they went away I would mourn the loss. NYC_SKP May 2012 #7

One of the few outlets left that does investigative Roselma May 2012 #8

They are the best of the bunch. immoderate May 2012 #9

McClatchy's DC bureau has twenty reporters! liam_laddie May 2012 #12

I worked for a group of local newspapers after college. immoderate May 2012 #14

i always read mcclatchy articles, when i find them. ellenfl May 2012 #10

Well, they did absorb one of the best and most respected services Blue_Tires May 2012 #11

I treat all news services alike. MineralMan May 2012 #13