RE: How Fucked Up Are Trumptards?
August 9, 2018 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2018 at 11:07 am by Crossless2.0.)
(August 9, 2018 at 10:52 am)alpha male Wrote:
(August 9, 2018 at 10:20 am)Crossless2.0 Wrote: I'm a hell of a lot more concerned about the well being of what remains of our print news industry (especially at the local and regional levels) than I am with U.S. paper manufacturers. The increased costs will squeeze papers even more than they already are.
They're squeezed because no one wants them anymore. People get their news in other ways.
That's true to some extent. The question, for me, is what is the quality of news people are receiving 'in other ways'? We've repeatedly seen how childishly simple it is to manipulate opinion online, and we have way too many people who don't seem able to distinguish between solid, reputable reporting and whatever things get passed around on social media platforms. How much local news do you really consume in other ways? The local TV news broadcasts? Those are superficial, at best, and everyone knows it. Besides, network news is under the same pressures as print.
Standing up for local and regional print journalism is a (probably Quixotic) stand in favor of a fact-based public discussion. Otherwise, all we're left with are a welter of amateur Op-Ed pieces that people can access 'in other ways'.
