PROJO belo standards !

I already have heard this opinion expressed by numerous

    readers of the Providence Journal -including former employees:

    Your newspaper -once representing classic New England  CULTURE -

    has gone to hell under the ownership and mismanagement of the

    Belo Corporation. This business group  in an eerie way reminds

    me of the mental atmosphere in Dallas ,Texas on November 22,1963.

               Like old Lyndon Johnson, it  is crude, rude, uncouth,

    arrogant, ignorant, and as stupid as Texas is big ! And as dangerous

    and ruthless as the cloddish, accidental president.

                I hope the New York Times or the Boston Herald buys

    the Providence Journal. Belo is like Enron - in for a big fall, too

    much hubris.

               Another letter can be devoted to details of the Projo's

    deterioration. Let me say for now that even your LOCAL news coverage

    is a flop. Rhode Island is small enough. Yet the reader might believe

    that for residents of Providence, Cranston and Warwick are almost

    foreign countries!

          And I have caught news stories on local TV that the Providence

    Journal just fails to report about.

             If the Boston Herald published your obituaries, it might

    drive you out  of business. Yes, obituaries and some local coverage

    by half-alert reporters.

           Future headline : PROVIDENCE JOURNAL SOLD ! EMPLOYEES ELATED !

                   Just keep your columnists and editorial writers. They

    just deserve better. Your BOSS is a Texas jerk !