Saturday, July 24, 2004

WaPo Losing Readers

I suggest they replace Susan Schmidt and stop burying stories which question Official Bush Administration Rhetoric deep in the paper.

But, actually, it's the last couple of paragraphs which tell some of the real story:

The bottom line—and the share prices—of the Washington Post Company are in quite good shape. The flagship daily newspaper is now only a small division of the Post Company, which reaps its largest profits from other divisions, especially the Kaplan education training group.

If only Kaplan could train newspaper readers.

Kaplan likey the Bush administration. Kaplan makes educational tests. Kaplan makes educational test prep materials. Want your to school to do well? Sign up for the whole package...