Posted on 01/14/2009 2:33:33 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
The progression of bad newspaper news is not surprising, but the lack of concern is mystifying and frightening. Hirschhorn wrote this: The collapse of daily print journalism will mean many things……. And it will seriously damage the press’s ability to serve as a bulwark of democracy.” Ya think? Hirschhorn tossed off in one dismissive sentence one of the most crucial potential developments for journalism and democracy since the First Amendment. I think brass bands are required to force a focus on the democratic implications of what’s happening.
Despite the general lack of debate and concern about the subject, I was taken by the insight of a blogger for Science News who made this observation: “What we have to keep in mind is that true journalism is the closest thing most adults have to formal continuing education. Each newsroom that goes dark, then, amounts to another school closing.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cronkite.asu.edu ...
His commentary plays well in theory, but in practice because our media carries such a leftward tilt, it's helpful for many of them to die to teach them a lesson.
You claim objectivity? Live up to it!
I simply cannot stand these sanctimonious self important POSs acting as if the sky is falling and there isn't a reason for it. Blame technology. Blame Bush. Blame the economy.
How about blaming your own liberal bias?
I do however, find one thing ironic. This comes from the cronkite school of journalism. You know, the same general cronkite that defeated the US military at vietnam.
Needs a minor rewrite.
The collapse of daily print journalism will mean many things……. And it will seriously damage the press’s ability to serve as shills for Democrats.”
Aww geeze, just when they were doing such a good job at it.
I don't believe that this is the correct "bull-word" for this sentence...
Yeah, but think of all the trees that are saved. This is a liberal conundrum.
Not that that's a BAD thing...
Time to homeschool yourself, folks!
Let the newpapers die away, they are not telling the truth anyway. I guess they have not figured out that may be one reason people are not buying their stupid newspapers.
Poor Hirschhornr must not have access to a TV, computer, or friends.
I don’t know about most people, but I have not read a newspaper in ?????? maybe 2 years
IMHO I think the newspapers are suffering now because their content stunk. The writers in most cases knew less than I do, so why read them. They know nothing about firearms, hunting, the military, and American history. They also added their own egotistical spin to the stories which they did report on. And quite frankly, I didn’t want to read it.
Another interesting item is what I call “Yesterday’s news today” in that what I read on the FR showed up (word for word) in the paper next day.
Great news BUMP!!
I only wish the liberal big city newspapers would hurry up and be completely dead already. I want everybody associated with the Democrat newsrooms to lose their jobs, their homes, and their families. After the damage they have done to this once-proud nation - - most recently spending the past five years exacerbating an economic recession in the hopes that it would benefit their party’s election chances (”The economy, stupid.”) - - those sick scum deserve nothing less.
I only wish it wouldn’t take so long for them to die. They’re worse than Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
Otherwise, the world just moved to an electronic age where leftist printed political agendas became out-house material. They're as ancient as the little record player I played my 45's on as a kid. They can't get over the fact that they're out-dated.
What happened to the people who made records and record players. Did they ever ask for a bailout from the taxpayers because 8-tracks came along? Or maybe they adapted to new technology and new demands.
Giggle. Thanks.
Newspapers used to send out reporters to get stories. Now they pass on what is on the wires and hire liberal drips to write opinion pieces. The rest of the Omedia is no better. The talking heads get their DNC Faxes and their praise sheets for O.
>>>>>”Each newsroom that goes dark, then, amounts to another school closing.”<<<<<
This is the pompous nonsense of journos and their overblown sense of self-importance.
A newspaper is not a school, it’s a newspaper. Period.
Don’t worry folks, we will be told the NY Times is too big to fail and they will recieve a bail out. Never fear, your government is working hard... FOR YOU!
Each newsroom that goes dark, then, amounts to another school closing.”
We're all paying the price for one sided biased journalism...
Each newsroom that goes dark, then, amounts to another school closing.”
We're all paying the price for one sided biased journalism... Newspapers don't need fewer journalists, they need more readers. Dump the bias.
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