Now they are calling us a leaky tub

We need to sue. (but there's no chance of collecting)

Knight Ridder is now being called a “leaky tub.”

Knight Ridder did not create the mess that caused 31 to loose theisr jobs at the News & Observer. See this note from the filed of Jim Romenesko at Poynter Online:

A mock front page created for the 31 Raleigh News & Observer staffers who are leaving the paper today explains that the RMS McClatchy -- one of the largest newspaper steamships in the world -- "was welded together from the hulls of several old steamships, including a leaky tub called the RMS Knight Ridder." Eventually, the steamship hit an iceberg and began to take on water. "Capt. Gary asked for volunteers who would like to go for a swim and then extended the plank."

You can click to get a PDF copy of the mock page from our online storage site.

Also you might want to see a NewsObserver blog.