As we told you, the local news sites Gothamist and DNAinfo were shut down this week after billionaire owner Tom Ricketts pulled the plus on his multi-year money-losing experiment. Liberals are furious at the notion that a billionaire wouldn’t keep funding the sites despite the losses, but Twitchy regular Bethany Mandel has a brutal truth bomb on why Gothamist and DNAinfo are no more.
In short, they “weren’t particularly good at their jobs”:
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/926447781946052609
She goes on to explain:
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/926448263733153792
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/926448401738272769
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/926448506314817536
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/926448645045719040
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/926448796430667776
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/926448955008929792
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/926449087582539778
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/926450397635600386
Well said.
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