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Don't Cry For Disappearing Newspapers
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Don't Cry
44 earlier comments in the full thread.
B_R, You are right! I don't any news now.
CP -
The key is not to trust or not trust any news -- it's to realize that people can lie a mile high but, even with the very best intentions, can only report the truth as they see it.
That's why diversity is a good thing. Most reporters these days come from journalism schools, and those tend to ummmm...shall we say....lean in the same direction.
But...the internet opens up a world of sources, literally.
More work, but pretty interesting to see how different people in different places see the same thing.
The key is not to trust or not trust any news -- it's to realize that people can lie a mile high but, even with the very best intentions, can only report the truth as they see it.
That's why diversity is a good thing. Most reporters these days come from journalism schools, and those tend to ummmm...shall we say....lean in the same direction.
But...the internet opens up a world of sources, literally.
More work, but pretty interesting to see how different people in different places see the same thing.
Maybe I should coin a new "law" akin to Godwin's Law, that once the subject has been satirized in The Onion, they get the last word.
Quoting:Maybe I should coin a new "law" akin to Godwin's Law
Zweibel's law?
From groklaw: The myth of the parasitical bloggers
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/18/parasites/...
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/18/parasites/...
Here is a good story on how Journalism organizations are changing with the times too now..I can vouch for the Online News association and the SPJ, I am a member of both..
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=163202
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=163202
Scott, I've seen the "new" Newsweek (I subscribe to Time, Fortune, the Atlantic and now formerly the New Yorker — they refuse to give me a deal).
Horrible redesign. The whole thing looks like a "special advertising section," with a lot of wasted space, extremely poor use of photographs and a general blandness.
Horrible redesign. The whole thing looks like a "special advertising section," with a lot of wasted space, extremely poor use of photographs and a general blandness.
Got another link for that Scott? Your link gives a 404 at Yahoo.
I got a 404 on the first attempt, and the article on the second. Apparently Yahoo is having some issues.
Quoting: Apparently Yahoo is having some issues.
Mmmm, more of that cloud-a-licious goodness!
I got it too now. Thanks.
Quoting:Apparently Yahoo is having some issues.
Twitter is worse. Lots of Amazon EC2 and S3 there, too, I've learned.
The Original Blogger
You are absolutely right, Carla, in bemoaning the dearth of investigative journalism these days. Bloggers, such as Pamela Jones of Groklaw, have nicely filled some of the void.
You got me thinking about today's bloggers, and I was reminded of I.F. Stone and his I.F. Stone's Weekly ( see http://www.ifstone.org/ ). Izzy was the original blogger. I looked forward to getting this publication in the mail every week. He covered stuff that the newspapers either skimmed over lightly or didn't bother to report on at all. He was relentless in tracking down information which he obtained from the open record, such as the Congressional Record and other official U.S. government records. He was a legend. As one person stated in a tribute to him after he died: "he annoyed some people all the time and all people one time or another.”
You got me thinking about today's bloggers, and I was reminded of I.F. Stone and his I.F. Stone's Weekly ( see http://www.ifstone.org/ ). Izzy was the original blogger. I looked forward to getting this publication in the mail every week. He covered stuff that the newspapers either skimmed over lightly or didn't bother to report on at all. He was relentless in tracking down information which he obtained from the open record, such as the Congressional Record and other official U.S. government records. He was a legend. As one person stated in a tribute to him after he died: "he annoyed some people all the time and all people one time or another.”
Pamela Jones of Groklaw is *better* than any print investigative journalist, at least in technical areas.
Her coverage of the SCO fiasco was basically unmatched by anyone in the print press. I wish she'd done that sort of thing during the Microsoft anti-trust trial. The print press, the trade rags especially, seemed content to let MSFT spinners and PR flacks dictate what the trial was about ("freedom to innovate" - snort!), rather than actually going to the courtroom, listening to arguments, reading briefs, etc etc etc. I think that's why the trade press seemed so astonished when Judge Jackson found against MSFT.
Her coverage of the SCO fiasco was basically unmatched by anyone in the print press. I wish she'd done that sort of thing during the Microsoft anti-trust trial. The print press, the trade rags especially, seemed content to let MSFT spinners and PR flacks dictate what the trial was about ("freedom to innovate" - snort!), rather than actually going to the courtroom, listening to arguments, reading briefs, etc etc etc. I think that's why the trade press seemed so astonished when Judge Jackson found against MSFT.
When the first Chinese President in history to visit the United States was met by Bill Gates instead of George Bush, that fact needed at least some perfunctory scrutinizing. The fact that it was glossed over by the press and was reported as business as usual is not only remarkable...
It validates my suspicion people know better than to criticize the man who can reach his hand into your computer and do anything he wants at any time. Objective reporting has gone the way of parallel ports. Sure you see one from time to time but it gets rarer as time goes by. I'm an old school kind of guy and I lament their ultimate demise. There is a small, dark part of me that gets a bit of satisfaction from it though...you reap what you write....
Trust me on this one.
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It validates my suspicion people know better than to criticize the man who can reach his hand into your computer and do anything he wants at any time. Objective reporting has gone the way of parallel ports. Sure you see one from time to time but it gets rarer as time goes by. I'm an old school kind of guy and I lament their ultimate demise. There is a small, dark part of me that gets a bit of satisfaction from it though...you reap what you write....
Trust me on this one.
h
Quoting:It validates my suspicion people know better than to criticize the man who can reach his hand into your computer and do anything he wants at any time.Or perhaps people are more afraid of being sued to death than bombed to death.
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