Comments on: Apocalypse Now http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/01/06/apocalypse-now/ Forward Movement Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:04:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: TallDave http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/01/06/apocalypse-now/comment-page-1/#comment-77954 TallDave Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:55:06 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/?p=9353#comment-77954 "Unencumbered by anything resembling accountability, direct knowledge of anything being reported on, and eventually, any actual reporting experience, too." They're currently two out of three most of the time, and experienced at being an unaccountable non-expert isn't too valuable. Print newspapers will decline as a share of news until they' settle as a nostalgic niche, like live plays and rotary-dial phones. “Unencumbered by anything resembling accountability, direct knowledge of anything being reported on, and eventually, any actual reporting experience, too.”

They’re currently two out of three most of the time, and experienced at being an unaccountable non-expert isn’t too valuable.

Print newspapers will decline as a share of news until they’ settle as a nostalgic niche, like live plays and rotary-dial phones.

]]> By: Daily Pundit » Journalism, Dinosaurs, and the Know Everything World http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/01/06/apocalypse-now/comment-page-1/#comment-77953 Daily Pundit » Journalism, Dinosaurs, and the Know Everything World Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:50:47 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/?p=9353#comment-77953 [...] Jules Crittenden » Apocalypse Now Sounds great. Unencumbered by anything resembling accountability, direct knowledge of anything being reported on, and eventually, any actual reporting experience, too. What Hirschorn is describing sounds more like a post-apocalyptic feral scene that would be even more rife with fraud, poorly disguised bias and shoddy reporting, relying on even less reliable sources of information, than what we have now. Starring Green Helmet Guy. It would also go over like Waterworld. Hate the media? Wait till you see what no media is like. None of those powerful freestanding monoliths that everyone loves to hate, just a vast crowd of squeaky-voiced, shallow-pocketed websites, any one of which can be sued into silence or oblivion in minutes. It would end up looking a lot like Russia, I’d guess, speaking of feral post-apocalyptic media-challenged environments. [...] [...] Jules Crittenden » Apocalypse Now Sounds great. Unencumbered by anything resembling accountability, direct knowledge of anything being reported on, and eventually, any actual reporting experience, too. What Hirschorn is describing sounds more like a post-apocalyptic feral scene that would be even more rife with fraud, poorly disguised bias and shoddy reporting, relying on even less reliable sources of information, than what we have now. Starring Green Helmet Guy. It would also go over like Waterworld. Hate the media? Wait till you see what no media is like. None of those powerful freestanding monoliths that everyone loves to hate, just a vast crowd of squeaky-voiced, shallow-pocketed websites, any one of which can be sued into silence or oblivion in minutes. It would end up looking a lot like Russia, I’d guess, speaking of feral post-apocalyptic media-challenged environments. [...]

]]> By: mpat http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/01/06/apocalypse-now/comment-page-1/#comment-77947 mpat Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:55:28 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/?p=9353#comment-77947 The wedding section was always fun in a naughty, voyeuristic kind of way. I have avoided it for years since I could generally predict what its take on issues was going to be, despite the fact that I could never fathom the depths that it would sink to in order to support its position (for example, McCain had an affair = Obama should be elected). If it dies, I wouldn't miss it. The wedding section was always fun in a naughty, voyeuristic kind of way. I have avoided it for years since I could generally predict what its take on issues was going to be, despite the fact that I could never fathom the depths that it would sink to in order to support its position (for example, McCain had an affair = Obama should be elected). If it dies, I wouldn’t miss it.

]]> By: Robert http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/01/06/apocalypse-now/comment-page-1/#comment-77945 Robert Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:02:35 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/?p=9353#comment-77945 We will miss the crossword puzzles. As for the rest, I read it because I wanted to know what the enemy is thinking. I don't think I have learned a fact from them since the Nixon administration. We will miss the crossword puzzles. As for the rest, I read it because I wanted to know what the enemy is thinking. I don’t think I have learned a fact from them since the Nixon administration.

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