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| Are Newspapers a thing of the past?; Still good for wrapping fish... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 6 2009, 06:36 AM (236 Views) | |
| Kosh131 | Jan 6 2009, 06:36 AM Post #1 |
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In Chicago, we have two major newspapers- The Sun-Times and The Tribune. Both are in serious economic trouble, and there is even talk that one or both might go out of business by the end of the year. This is endemic all across the country, as newspapers fail everywhere. To which I say, que sara sara. Sixth months ago I made a decision to economize, as most of us have. Looking over my common expenses, I realized that I was spending $1.25 every day on the Sun-Times and Trib. The thing was that my entire office was getting over on my largess, as my papers would be thoroughly dismembered by lunchtime. By not buying them, I save 7.50 a week (I don’t buy the Sunday papers, which I consider a waste), and $390.00 a year. That was enough to buy a new computer! The ugly truth is that technology has finally caught up with the newspaper industry. Having survived assaults from radio and television, it has finally met its match in the manifestation of the internet. The advantage that kept the newspaper ahead of these other media is that a newspaper still had the ability to provide information in depth. The problem is that the internet can provide information in even more depth, with links to other articles that give more information on a subject. Moreover, news on the internet is up to the minute, as opposed to a newspaper, which was printed late in the evening before. Other things that I went to the newspapers for are better provided for on the internet. The employment section? Shrinking every week, they limit it to 22 pages in the Trib (the ST doesn’t even bother) and partner with CareerBuilder.com, which (when I was job searching last year) I could easily tailor to my job skills. Even my daily Comics are made better by the internet. I can just select the ones I want to read on Comics.com, without reading the ones that annoy me in the Dead Tree Media. Movie Reviews? I can read Roger Ebert’s reviews in the Sun-Times, or I can read the views of dozens of critics on Rottontomatoes.com. Or I can read the opinions of dozens of average fans on imdb.com, who maybe never took a cinema class, but probably have a lot more sense about what is an enjoyable way to kill two hours eating overpriced popcorn. Opinions? You can respond instantly to editorials on line, or even post your own blog with your own opinions. I imagine the elites of print media are looking down and seeing the peasants with their pitchforks and torches, storming the castle. There is, of course, a downside to the information egalitarianism. The Internet is a source of misinformation, and a lie is halfway around the world before the truth has its shoes on. But given how often the print media gets it wrong and acts like it didn’t, I’m not sure if that is as bad as some will make it out to be. So perhaps the daily newspaper will soon go the way of the razor strop and the buggy whip. If so, so be it. |
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| CaptDennyCrane | Jan 6 2009, 09:58 AM Post #2 |
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I havent read a newspaper in years - why have all that excess paper and inky fingers and tables and that I have to bundle and recycle when the pile gets large enough? Point. Click. Read. As far as lie or truth goes, I never had that much faith in media/journalism to ever take it at face value even when it was in print. |
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| wissaboo | Jan 6 2009, 11:25 AM Post #3 |
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I think the death of print media has been a foregone conclusion for years. I get all my news from yahoo now. I don't even watch the tv news. How many news stories about crime do we really need? I'd like to see an end to most tv news as well. So much of it is biased to the point that it is a misnomer to call it news in the first place. It is editorial. I guess they don't teach the difference in journalism school anymore. |
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