Ledes & Limericks. Wednesday January 24 2018.

In the past week, the Huffington Post scaled back its platform
for unpaid bloggers and Facebook decided to ask users to rank
news sources by trustworthiness. Both represent a clear
preference for traditional journalism -- in which people get
paid for producing stories for good reason.
 From Bloombergs.

Are journalists back from the grave --

Do readers their news really crave?

It seems to be so,

But I’d like to know

What HAVE they learned from this close shave?

A Shortage of Trucks Is Forcing Companies to Cut Shipments
or Pay Up

Those trucks on the freeway we curse

Whose driving seems getting much worse

Are really quite rare

And we need to care

Because it’s affecting our purse.

The #MeToo Movement Hits

the Circus: ‘Grandma’ the

Clown Resigns

Even the sweet circus clown

Is liable to be taken down

When faced with the truth

He tampered with youth

And caused a long lasting deep frown

Dollar Hits New Low After

Mnuchin Says Weakness

Aids Trade

Mnuchin must hate the greenback --

He’s putting it under attack.

His ignorant gibes

Are causing great slides

Of dollars to cheap bargain rack.