If the employees of the Baltimore Sun were expecting a charm offensive from its out-of-the-blue new owner, they sure didn’t get one.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Baltimore Sun staff clash with new owner: ‘Don’t know how to reason with him’
David D. Smith, a TV exec and donor to culture-war causes, gets off to rough start when he tells journalists he hasn’t read the paper in 40 years -- but finds lots to criticize anyway
By Elahe Izadi
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