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The Noisy and Prolonged Death of Journalism

Posted by kdawson on from the fat-lady-in-the-wings dept.

The war of words between the old and the new media is heating up some more. Eric Schmidt has an op-ed in Rupert Murdoch's WSJ (ironic, that) explaining to newspapers how Google wants to, and is trying to, help them. Kara Swisher's BoomTown column translates and deconstructs Schmidt's argument, hilariously. A few days back, the Washington Post's Michael Gerson became the latest journo to bemoan the death of journalism at the hands of the Internet; and investigative blogger Radley Balko quickly called B.S. on Gerson's claim that (all?) bloggers simply steal from (all?) hard-working, honest, ethical print journalists.

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  1. Good riddance. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is the radiant dawn. Not without clouds, however.

  2. Re:the real threat will be government intervention by corbettw · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You seem to be confusing an institution in the UK with what would happen in the US. There is nothing that Parliament can do that cannot be made worse by Congress. Just remember that old saw: to err is human; to really screw up takes an act of Congress.

    --
    God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
  3. Re:the real threat will be government intervention by aicrules · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, he is advocating exactly that. Note that he leaves CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC out of it because he presumes they wouldn't be negatively affected by regulation. That is because he is an idiot who doesn't understand that giving the government control of anything is counter to the foundations of this country and will only serve to further abuse and erode our freedoms.

  4. JOURNALISM DIES EVERYTIME by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The libtard tools in the MSM decide to stop being journalists and not allow their bias to permeate all and this occurs daily.

    Whether its Global Warming and the current scandal
    The election of President Tool sitting in the Oval Office now
    The Wars of recent years and the reasoning
    9/11
    The Economy
    Religion
    The Environment
    Health Care
    Capitalism

    All just tips of very large and allegedly melting icebergs

    Fuck Journalism and Journalists, they are already dead to me

  5. Re:the real threat will be government intervention by stewbacca · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    O'Reilly needs another pretty dead blond girl story to be relevant again.

  6. Re:FOX News is indeed the best choice by us7892 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You guessed right, slim jim! I've been watching too much Olbermann, Maddow, and Matthews. They're rubbing off on me.