Revisiting An Old-Fashioned Newspaper: We’re Not Missing Much

BigGovernment.com ^ | September 26, 2009 | Kurt Schlichter

[Zakeet]

There are still these things called newspapers out there. Yeah, I was surprised too – I gave up hardcopy papers way back when dissent was still patriotic. But out for a Sunday lunch at one of our favorite places in lovely Manhattan Beach, I noticed the front section of the Los Angeles Times lying forlornly on a counter between the napkins and the hot sauce. Someone had left it behind. The price being right, I decided to see what I’ve been missing.

The first thing I found was a long story on how the conservative movement is struggling to prove that it is not infused with racism. I was unaware of that the burden of proof is upon the accused to demonstrate its innocence, but then I remembered what I was reading. The banner picture of Joe Wilson summed up the way the article would combine dubious preconceptions with the lamest kind of liberal conventional wisdom and ignorance of the most basic elements of the conservative movement.

I never got the memo on racism – and I had thought I was on the vast right-wing conspiracy email list – so I was unaware of the turmoil and self-examination within the movement that the Times uncovered. I thought our consensus response to these idiotic racism accusations was pretty much along the lines of “Nice try at changing the subject, dudes. Now, let’s talk about death panels.”

I read further and found two vivid examples of terrible racist manifestations at the very highest levels of the conservative movement.

[Zakeet]

Pretty good review of the bankrupt La-la Slimes.

[RightWingConspirator]

Unfortunately the great bulk of US “newspapers” are carbon copies of the LA and NY Slimes.

[Dr. Sivana]

Reading an old-fashioned newspaper"

Try reading a newspaper from 1975, or '65 or '55. Even the articles posted her from 1939 is useful. The writing was better. Newspapers are going to have to be leaner (NOT lighter) versions of what they were, probably with more local news.