Meanwhile, and maybe more important, a dwindling minority seems to differentiate between the New York Times and the Onion. Or between Williams and Bill O'Reilly. A dwindling minority seems to appreciate accuracy and endangered species such as newspaper copy desks. A dwindling minority understands the gulf in standards and professional expectations at Bloomberg News and Gawker.There is also a dwindling minority that understands the gulf in standards and professional expectations at The Atlantic and The Atlantic.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
A Smoochy Celebrity Gang Bang
James Warren writes an interesting piece on a panel discussion involving Stephen Colbert. It includes some details about the Most Courageous Comic Monologue Ever. And this paragraph:
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The (artificial) barriers between the trivial & awesome fell some time ago, but few noticed at the time.
Hell, even I can't narrow it down to a specific point.
Much gnashing of sturm und drang over nothing at all. Newspapers were the original mass media delivery system - in their time they were important for their ability to put timely information in the hands of the masses. Then came radio, and it's bastard child, television - the ideal medium for a semi-literate, acquisitive rather than inquisitive, uninterested and self-involved population. Now, they've even lost interest in a half hour of "headlines" and a feel good story, so TV has moved on to provide product they will pay for.
So now it's digital delivery. Evolution. Neither bad nor good, but the key point is nothing is lost - for whatever is important will be replaced in the new format. Smart people who care deeply will continue to produce important content (see ProPublica, GlobalPost and the Washington Independent), and only a few will continue to care to think deeply.
Just as in the decline of the record labels, it really isn't the music that's being lost - indeed, there is more, and more variety than ever. What's being lost is the ability of a few to control and constrain publishing, and the outcome will be, as it always is, that it's critical to consult good sources and think about what they have to say...
Oh my gawd.
I've killed the substance.
Um. Sorry?
What's being lost is the ability of a few to control and constrain publishing
Yup. It's PUNK to yammer on the internet.
SMASH THE STATE OF JOURNALISM!
..think about what they have to say...
..yeah, well...wait..what?..(hmmm)
Yammering for FREEDOM!
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I find it amusing that journalists pretend that this golden era of journalism ever existed and that they were never tools of the corporate machine. Whatever gets you through the day I guess. Tequila works better for me.
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