TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2005
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John McManus says there's only one force that can stand up to PCM CEO
Bruce Sherman -- Knight Ridder's customers. "Readers dismayed at the prospect of denatured local news should write letters to Mr. Sherman promising a boycott of the new owners of their paper -- if they fire journalists or slash their compensation in order to meet PCM's price," says McManus. "New ownership could dismantle the many remaining qualities of Knight Ridder, whose skeptical reporting of the White House case for the Iraq war was a standout example of public-service journalism."
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