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Low Quality Material

"Worrell Newspapers has a reputation in the
business for producing low quality material.
They have an enormous debt service each
year," he continued. "In order to pay for it
they increase advertising and decrease overhead.
These are steps designed to raise the paper's
income at the cost of better newspaper
service."

He said the new owners have fired veteran
editors and reporters, replacing them with
teen-agers and wives of University students.

Daniel J. Rooker, co-publisher of The Daily
Progress, said however, that he feels his news
staff is "top notch" and that some of the
departing newsmen left because of "our
grapes" at being passed over.

"Those who leave always maintain they are
more experienced than anybody else," Mr.
Rooker said.

Mr. Barry referred to Mr. Rooker's
comments as printed in Saturday's Daily
Progress "corporate bullshit, nothing unusual."