I am not comfortable with the name Tierney being connected to what should be a more "Free Press" -
His action in recent Philadelphia and National Politics exhibited alot of "payback" arrogance.

Let's see what happens. and I hope I am wrong. Locals are sometimes good for the community but tend to hava a "big fish/Little Pond" attitude

Was Brian Tierney standing when he made all his comments? Isn't the so called "Media Conslting Group" he manages the one who provides the talk hosts for all of Talk Radio? Please, this has been part of the "Plan" for a long, long time.... Yes, Brian Tierney is Brilliant,,,he has managed to until now be backed by "silent Partner Cash" --- None of which is his.

Let Arrogance reign. Will he have any effect on Editorials, Let's see who is left working for the Inquirer in a year. Remember in the field of dreams called Talk radio - all the talk hosts call themselve "Journalists"

AN OPEN LETTER TO BRIAN TIERNEY

Dear Mr. Tierney:

Congratulations on your recent purchase of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. I have read that you intend to respect the editorial independence of the publisher, editors and reporters. You realize that, on the face of it, this sounds to the Christian and pro-life communities, to put it bluntly, a code phrase for maintaining the leftist bias of these two institutions. Let me elaborate a bit.
I work as a free-lance journalist for newspapers in the Northeast and I have been to community meetings where the Inquirer and the Daily News have been referred to as Izvestia and Pravda, and the Knight-Ridder chain as ITAR-TASS east, and not just by spectators in the audience. Thats how widespread and how obvious the leftist bias (pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, anti-Christian and anti-police) of your purchases has become in latter years.
Your statement that the next great era of Philadelphia journalism begins today and the above background raises some interesting questions.
First, if you are serious, you cannot maintain the ideological status quo at those papers, can you?
Second, how will keeping hands off the editorial staff help the papers correct this bias and the perception that both papers represent values and ideologies not shared by significant segments of the Delaware Valley?
Third, how will retaining blatant anti-Christian bigots on your staff rebuild your circulation?
Pursuant to these questions, I as a representative of the pro-life and Christian communities, respectfully call upon you to dismiss Tom Ferrick, John Grogan, and Tony Auth.
I also call upon you to add one or more columnists from Town Hall to your editorial pages on a regular, recurring basis AND to issue a standing invitation to local conservative writers to submit columns and guest essays on issues of the day AND to publish them.
I also ask you to realize that members of the Christian community have in the past boycotted your advertisers and turned down repeated phone calls to buy subscriptions. These efforts were largely piecemeal and ineffective, but this may not always be the case.
And finally, Mr. Tierney, I do wish you luck in launching that next great era of journalism you spoke so eloquently of. I trust you are, in addition to being an astute businessman, a man of reason. If so, we in the Christian community will look forward to a long and happy relationship with the Inquirer and Daily News.

George Tomezsko,
Editor, Voices For The Unborn

Plus: fewer stories about Lois Murphy
Minus: more stories about W
Plus: no more stories about who is buying the Inquirer
Minus: more touchy feely stories about big developers and their spin doctors

So, does that mean there will be no follow up on how ROTTON Toll Brothers is behaving over the Veterans Cemetary?

So, does that mean the ads for condominiums will be more plentiful ?

So, does this mean pedophile priests and the Catholic Church will hide their evil deeds once again?