Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 29, 2008
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Transcript:
Reporter: Rick! Heard it's your last day! Rick: Uh... yup. I heard the same thing, Dale! Reporter: Man! It's a damn shame what's happening to our industry, isn't it? Rick: Sure is. Reporter: Okay, that's all I got. Rick: Me, too.
well, i have to say: i’ve just been laid off / taken a buyout / whatever you want to call it after 18 years of working in newspapers, and this sums it up pretty well. the demise of newspapers stuns journalists – men and women both – into silence.