tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post6494141080650011272..comments2024-03-28T05:47:44.752-05:00Comments on RIFLES AT DAWN: Mayor Dave and the Demise of Local NewsTim Morrisseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-59447492173011765702009-05-08T16:06:00.000-05:002009-05-08T16:06:00.000-05:00Please allow me to vent about Mayor Dave.
I was lo...Please allow me to vent about Mayor Dave.<br />I was looking forward to a round table discussion about Urban planning that the Mayor had scheduled at the Humanities building @ 5:30 P.M. this past Thursday. 5:30 Dave? With the concert traffic Dave? I doubt that it was covered by the local news as the location and timing were ridiculous. I did try, but gave up after a solid hour of traffic congestion. It will be interesting to see if it was afforded any coverage. Urban planning is probably the hottest issue going.antpoppanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-76443360743234955532009-05-08T12:55:00.000-05:002009-05-08T12:55:00.000-05:00Perfect aim! This little stink bomb landed right i...Perfect aim! This little stink bomb landed right in the trench, and I am applauding.<br /><br />The "news industry" response to the disruption wrought by the Internet and an economy plundered by corporados has been abysmal. Industry leaders (publishers in my case, because I'm riding the newspaper dinosaur down to the pit of perdition) have been so hung up on doing what always worked in the past that they have become lost in the fog bank of the change they now find themselves in the middle of, disoriented, confused, unable to determine where the shoals are or in which direction to proceed.<br /><br />This is the industry's Battle of Verdun. A grievously bungled blunder to victory, but at a horrible, dreadful, Pyrrhic price. Only this time there is no Pétain rallying the troops with "Courage! On les aura."<br /><br />So to save the wounded ship - and their own purses - the managers and directors and editors and assorted corporate parasites throw the reporters overboard and give away what passes for news. That they think this might ultimately work is a measure of the mind-boggling incompetence that brought us to these straits.<br /><br />What farmer ever preserved his future by eating the seed corn?<br /><br />They say that if you go down far enough, everything begins to look like up. Hang on, I think we're we're almost there...hieronymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-5343140595591830922009-05-08T09:04:00.000-05:002009-05-08T09:04:00.000-05:00Once upon a time I religiously listened to a morni...Once upon a time I religiously listened to a morning newsman. His newscasts were filled with intelligence, wit, and impartiality. I recall a discussion as to how the aforementioned newsman and a certain farm director were the only two from the news department that through whichever measure were impartial. Since that fateful day in November, I still haven't found a professional news organization since. Fortunately there is still a professional newsMAN here.Darrennoreply@blogger.com