Baltimore Sun web traffic and subscriptions spike this weekend

[Tanuki]

Link to tweet

...."Driving to the Sun’s offices from his home in Baltimore’s suburbs that afternoon — Jensen had left his laptop at work — the writer mulled the proper tone to take toward a leader whose norm-breaking behavior has pushed him to call out a U.S. president in ways he said he never would have expected. He wondered, would responding in outrage just play into the president’s hands?

Jensen’s first headline was less blunt, along the lines of “better to have rats than bigotry.” But by the time he finished writing, even that criticism didn’t feel strong enough. The people Trump insults often have “no voice,” he said, and he felt an obligation to speak out on their behalf.

The attention drove record traffic to the Sun’s site over the weekend. Sun spokeswoman Renee Mutchnik told The Post on Sunday that Web traffic and new subscribers to baltimoresun.com were double what’s typical on a Saturday. And subscription orders are on track to hit quadruple of what the paper receives on a normal Sunday."....(more)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I wonder how much hate mail they've been getting from Trump's cult?

[SCantiGOP]

2. Thia won't run on FOX

So Trump may not ever know it.

[lunatica]

3. We're all from Baltimore.

Trump can just go to hell.