Red Star or Death Star?

If this keeps up, Anti-Strib will need a name change.

Denny Hecker makes the front page with actual news instead of those annoying wallpaper ads for his car dealerships that until recently crawled across the Strib's home page. The troubles of Hecker's diversified financial empire cannot be good news for the slouching-toward-bankruptcy brain trust that owns the newspaper.

Meanwhile, the Star Tribune's comment threads — those not already suspended — have descended deeper into know-nothingism, and favorable reader "votes" tilt strongly toward ill-informed rants. Most in this cohort of readers claim to have canceled their subscriptions long ago. It's doubtful Katherine Kersten columns and Norm Coleman endorsements are going to inspire them to re-up.

They will insist on the myth of the Red Star even when the only thing red about it is the ink it produces for Avista Capital Partners.

If the Strib's core audience is abandoning the comment threads, can their newspaper subscriptions be far behind?

I hope not.

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[mr sponge]

I've stopped even going to their website. It's simply terrible.