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No-Win Situation

By Richard L. Connor and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted October 1, 2009 at 12:00am

Richard L. Connor is CEO of the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Publishing Co. and MaineToday Media, owner of newspapers in Portland, Augusta and Waterville, Maine. A newspaperman for 40 years, he has served on two Pulitzer Prize for Journalism nominating committees.

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