So begins a column by freelance sub and cultural writer Sid Langley on the Post’s lifestyle blog.
It’s normally very rare to see open criticism of or negativity about a newspaper on its print or digital pages but this is typical of Trinity Midlands’s remarkably open and honest treatment of the radical re-organisation of its Birmingham and Coventry newsrooms.
“Most people think they are doing their best to be fair and straight in a bloody difficult situation. And some of us are heartened by the untypical way it’s all being discussed (like this) online.
Langley is of the opinion that “no sensible person can deny that something needs to be done” to save the business, a popular view in America where public newspaper companies are busy making massive cuts.
Steve Dyson wrote about the difficulties of making the cuts on the Mail website and has received 94, mostly anonymous and mostly very angry comments from staff and readers. So far.