The Miami Herald has had it in for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis since Day 1, and it goes way beyond their inevitable endorsement of Charlie Crist. The Herald was no different than that clown on the beach in the Grim Reaper costume when it came to lockdowns and masking. One columnist wrote that “packed beaches should work nicely to thin the ranks of Trump/DeSantis/Gimenez supporters in Florida who value money over health.” The Herald spent two years laundering the unhinged Rebekah Jones’ lies, most recently reporting that the son of the “whistleblower” who “clashed” with DeSantis was “arrested over memes” (actually they were multiple threats to shoot up a middle school).
Sad news at the Miami Herald yesterday: Six staffers were laid off.
We are angry and saddened to say that our hedge-fund owned parent company, @McClatchy, has announced layoffs of six Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald staffers.
The company says cutting journalists makes our journalism stronger. We don’t buy it.
— One Herald Guild 🏝 (@OneHeraldGuild) April 18, 2023
The company says these layoffs are part of a “realignment” effort, and that “the positions were selected based solely on our strategy to prioritize local content creation.”
Yet eliminating these positions will directly harm our ability to produce quality local journalism.
— One Herald Guild 🏝 (@OneHeraldGuild) April 18, 2023
“Quality local journalism.”
Try doing journalism. Nobody wants to pay you for your left wing political activism, we hear that all day for free https://t.co/SOSVtReWFU
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) April 19, 2023
I hope they didn't lay off those "sources close to the matter" they have in DeSantis cabinet. That would be a real bummer because I get all my juicy rumors from them.
— Tanya Berlaga (@TBerlaga) April 19, 2023
If their “journalism” is undervalued by their hedge fund masters maybe they should quit and become independent citizen journalists on Twitter using the subscription feature, and they can thank @elonmusk for the opportunity and riches later.
— Michael Goolsby (@MichaelGoolsbyV) April 19, 2023
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They always cry that it’s the hedge fund. It’s NEVER because South Florida doesn’t need another LGBTQ+ Beat Reporter.
— Chris Nelson 🇺🇸 🏝 (@ReOpenChris) April 19, 2023
Pro tip: as long as garbage tabloid writers such as @fabiolasantiago are still employed by @MiamiHerald it's financial pain will continue.
The whole glorified tabloid that is The Herald needs to be gutted and brought back to life with actual journalists
— Mommar (@MisterCommodity) April 19, 2023
Did you notice how many probing questions they asked management further down in that thread?
Where is that tenacity when interviewing Democrats?
— TJ07041776🇺🇸🐊🏴 (@tj07041776) April 19, 2023
I hear there’s “many good paying jobs” building solar panels. @MiamiHerald @mcclatchy
— #305TilIDie (@305FoLife) April 19, 2023
Remember when Pushaw would have been banned by Twitter 1.0 for gloating over journalists being laid off? Lefty journalists were a protected class back then.
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Miami Herald’s ‘journalism’ gets the Community Notes treatment it was begging for https://t.co/mXTs8KVAMT
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 7, 2023
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