Re: announcements that the McClatchey empire will expand to engulf the Charlotte Observer

I spent fourteen months in exile, in central California, in the early 1990’s. After a very short time suffering the daily eruptions of the Modesto Bee, sister paper to the Bees in Fresno and Sacramento, McClatchies all, my wife and I decided it was better to get the news two days late by mail (via the Sacramento Union, R.I.P.) than go on with current but far out buzzing from the left.

By comparison, the N&O is downright conservative, but the thought of banners one day proclaiming the Raleigh Bee and Charlotte Bee force me to ask …

Jon, are we ready to take the print edition of Carolina Journal daily? Help us out, here.