Posted on 02/11/2011 5:19:14 PM PST by lbryce
A lot of people like to bitch and moan about how in the age of realtime information, the stream moves too quickly and as a result, there’s a decent chance of inaccurate news being spread. There’s no question it’s an issue, but with the situation in Egypt, we’re once again seeing the overwhelming upside of this realtime data spread that makes services like Twitter so powerful. And just look at the flip side.
The above image shows the frontpage of a newspaper that was delivered this morning. There are hundreds more like it around the country. Many, many people still get their news this way. They woke up this morning, opened the paper and got information that is so old that it’s now totally inaccurate. It’s ridiculous.
This has actually always been an issue — “In related news, DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN!,” quips Twitter’s Mark Trammell — but if radio hit the newspaper format over the head, the live, 24/7 television news channels drove a stake in its heart. And now the realtime web has pounded that stake deeper. With a sledgehammer. And then stuck a grenade in the mouth of the corpse.
I’m sorry, but there’s simply no role for the newspaper anymore. That’s not saying there’s no role for newspaper journalism, just the physical product itself. It’s a waste of paper, ink, and time. R.I.P.
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That, my fellow FReepers, is the very distillation of all that is the future of newsprint.
The reality that the dead tree media is doomed becomes clearer with every newspaper deadline. The problem for the newsprint media is not only don't they get it, they don't want to get it. They don't want to get it because it means more than just about being profitable. It's about power, power and influence they had once wielded with impunity, to shape events, history in its own convoluted left wing, liberal image, the delusion in which their self-anointed status as guardian of truth, justice, watchdog of government in service to the people, as some divinely inspired purpose feeding into their sense of power and influence as justification for,of their very existence. This is why they can't seem to let go. Having been drunk on power throughout their heyday they're not prepared, able to deal with the sense of being sober.
I would most strongly disagree. It’s the best paper along with cedar kindling to get my wood stoves going. The NY Times works the best. I buy it oh once a month during the winter just to burn it.
I keep noticing that while they tell us this is spontaneous, it could never be organized, then among themselves they comment on how well organized it is and what good organizers they are, but nobody wants to talk about who is organizing.
That is a good part of what is killing the dead tree press, and the alphabet networks too. They can’t seem to formulate obvious questions, forcing me to go find my own sources. Once I get in the habit of finding the information myself, they can’t give their product away anymore.
Literally. They have had people from our local paper out in front of the supermarket trying to give subscriptions away and no one will stop to talk to them.
The alphabet networks literally do give their product away too, and they keep dividing up a smaller and smaller market as fewer and fewer people want what they are giving away free.
re: “RIP Newspapers”
Should that not be BIH?
Burn in H***
No it lines the bottom of the bird cage. LOL
Sunday Gazette is good for a month of BBQ in my charcoal chimney. LOL Don’t know what I’m going to do without it.
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Boston Globe Tailors Print Edition For Three Remaining Subscribers
I'm not putting a link because The Onion did not want their stuff posted on FR. But the story was funny.
Supply and demand. If a customer cannot find what they are looking for in one place, they will find it somewhere else.
It is just how all things work.
There is nothing wrong with the printed media, just the content. There will always be a need for(unbiased) in-depth journalism.
Very well said...GG I use paper to start the fire in my burn barrel. Even the local news in the small towns around me are not worth reading anymore.
Thank you very much for your kind words. :-)
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