Knight Ridder no more

One of the best and most intrepid journalism institutions left in the country has been sold off and will be broken up, piece by piece.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4802304.stm

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/business/media/13knight.web.html?ex=1299819600&en=e493479f625b963f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

Knight Ridder often carried stories that even publishers like the New York Times and the Washington Post, not to mention CNN, were too timid to carry or too lazy to pursue. They were and are often found to be reporting stories on such topics as Iraq, Bush's wiretapping scandal, and Jack Abramoff that didn't run in much else of the mainstream media. Knight-Ridder has integrity and value, and it is a damn shame to watch them get chewed up and spit out.

Excuse me. I need some rocky road.