La la la la la... We're not listening anymore...
An acquaintance of mine provided a response he received from one Debra Downey, senior editor, of The Dundas Star News and other various local weeklies operated under the once proud Brabant chain, now owned by the Torstar empire:
From: "Downey, Debra" Ddowney@hamiltonnews.com
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9:19 am (3 minutes ago)
Please remove editor@dundasstarnews.com, ddowney@brabantnewspapers.com, editor@ancasternews.com, and ddowney@hamiltonnews.com from your distribution list.
Thanking you in advance.
Debra Downey
Senior Editor
Dundas Star News/Ancaster News
ddowney@hamiltonnews.com
Phone: 905-628-2295, Ext. 330
Fax: 905-526-1855
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From: ______@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:20 PM
To: Downey, Debra
Subject: Harper Vs Dion
I suspect the reason Dion and Friends are so outraged over recent comments by Stephen Harper that they care more about the Taliban than our own armed forces is because Harper has hit a little too close to home. Our troops deserve support from every citizen in this country, including the Liberals. It was after all the Liberals who initially put them there.
This individual uses a group mailer to send his comments about media news en bloc to a select group of papers.
Now here's the irony: these Brabant/Torstar weeklies are delivered *free* in a bundle of largely recyclable waste every Saturday morning to the market served - the Golden Horseshoe region west of the GTA. Once upon a time, these were well respected local papers delivered by neighbourhood kids. Torstar took all that away and treats them largely as bulk fill in a baggie of junk that often goes directly from mailbox to blue box.
Indeed, the latter event was such a problem the local recycling centre had to send a notice asking people to remove the papers from the delivery bag before putting them out for recycling, as too much staff time was needed to separate the waste from the baggie.
posted by Stephen | 3/24/2007 01:08:00 PM
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I always remove my bulk fill newspaper from the Liberal-pink plastic bag. The bag is useful for cleaning up behind my dog on our evening walks. And a more fitting use for a Liberal paper wrapper I cannot think of.
Debra Downey does have a *bit* of a point: there is no real need for her to get *4* copies of the same thing.
Also, most papers like to believe that what you are sending them is exclusive to them - that is why it is best to use the BCC field if you are doing a mass mailing.
I know that there are a couple of newspapers who only print letters from local residents; if the sender is not from the general area, they may not ever get printed.
But I do understand your attitude towards the Star and their handling of these once-venerable local weeklies.
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