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Death of Newspapers

John Kerry reporting for duty, again, this time for newspapers. Worried that the 'diversity of opinion' will suffer without the Boston Globe (that never met a Democrat it did not like) Kerry plans hearings for the newspaper industry. If the idea of the Feds running Fannie Mae and GM is not enough, how about the newspaper industry?  

We suspect the total and utter lack of diversity as well as 98% editor content of newspapers is driving them out of business.  Every blogger offers a magazine for individual tastes. As newspapers cut back they eliminate more original, read local, content and add more you can get it anywhere why pay for it here boilerplate. 

Talk radio and blogging is all about giving impetus to the creative spirit, you can contribute. Newspapers are all about editors telling us what we should think, hello Tea Parties. 

E bay, Craigslist, Thrifty Nickel have just about gutted the private classifieds.  Now car dealers and realtors are on the internet. It is only  a matter of time before the strapped car and real estate industry drops the newspapers, after all, internet ads routinely feature a dozen photos of one car,this is impossible in a newspaper classified and delivers more content than the paper. Hello buggy whip. 

Perhaps Kerry Heinz wife will buy the Boston Globe for him, or her. 
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2 responses to “Death of Newspapers”

  1. Austin Kroll Avatar
    Austin Kroll

    The Left and Elitist Intelligencia only wish that they had monopolistic control over the media like they had back in the days of Walter Kronkite and when the newspaper editorial commanded public opinion. It is amusing that they are concerned over diversity of opinion when the markets have rejected what they have to offer. Back in the day, there was no diversity of opinion, only what THEY had to offer. Well…markets have evolved and the hoi polloi, as they see us, have rejected their material like bilge water from the bottom of a ocean liner.

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  2. Dennis Elam Avatar
    Dennis Elam

    In adition the internet allows universal expression of opinion like this blog, by posting your own opinion you help determine the content, this was never the case with newspapers where the editor picks the letters that will be printed and even then the letters section only comprises about 1% of the newspaper, admittedly among those I have seen the Dallas paper tries to have various community opinions but still they get to pick and choose the winners. Talk radio is much the same, indeed why is walter conkrite any more qualified to speak on this issue than we are, indeed….

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