tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post4924930494141886778..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: The Decline of U.S. JournalismAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-24212532415989844522009-10-22T21:54:51.408-07:002009-10-22T21:54:51.408-07:00I don't know what kind of people were journali...I don't know what kind of people were journalists in the 1960's and earlier, but the ones who gravitated toward journalism when I was in high school in the late 1960's and early 1970's were the "C" and "D" performers, not bright enough or too lazy to try for the sciences or business. They're the crop that produced the useless newspapers and television news shows over the last 20-30 years and the same that the newsmedia are now laying off. Is it any wonder?Panamint Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906707713528398189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-30566637858489680972009-10-21T20:16:34.989-07:002009-10-21T20:16:34.989-07:00And already, the rumblings of a call for a bailout...And already, the rumblings of a call for a bailout for the media can be heard. You know what they say ... from each crisis comes great opportunity ...<br /><br />The Obama administration will be all too happy to step in and "rescue" them from disaster. Letting our media fail would be terrible wouldn't it? Certainly the media is just as important to the country as our auto industry, isn't it? Letting the media fail could be a real catastrophe, couldn't it?<br /><br />And, once the government bailouts begin, the game is pretty much over. We'll have the proverbial "kids running the candy store" and any hope of truthful and unbiased information will be a distant memory. The way I see it, reclaiming our media and educational systems are crucial if we have any hope of ever arresting our descent into the abyss of Socialism ...Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903448394061019454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-73673753831127991522009-10-21T19:28:55.320-07:002009-10-21T19:28:55.320-07:00It's difficult to feel sympathy for the unempl...It's difficult to feel sympathy for the unemployed journalists if they are part and parcel of the U.S. newspapers' lack of real news reporting. If he/she was unhappy reporting only celebrity news etc. this would give the opportunity to change careers.<br /><br />The newspaper industry hasn't reported "real" news in twenty years, or so it seems to me. The only newspaper I buy is the Sunday edition and that is so I can have the coupons!<br /><br />"Louise Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03844509343077052288noreply@blogger.com