In the great bidding war between a hack who gives public relations a bad name and a bunch of bankers hoodwinked by said hack, the bankers won.

I think it was a fair fight.

What’s left to ponder is why bother? Does anybody in Philly care whether what they know is based in reality? Or biased by corporate interest? Or swayed by a good talk from a deputy-managing-so-and-so?

I mean, if we’re living in a world where a mayor and cop-in-chief can say, “Hey, they were twittering, how were we supposed to know?” then who needs a newspaper?

There’s no need to bow down to our new insect overlords; they’re just a passing swarm.

But when they leave, we have significant questions to ponder: Do we want a paper? Is that paper Metro? What, if anything, do we want to survive?

…and turning a few things upside down. Be back shortly!