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Title: Read the newspaper, they're not doing so hot!
Post by: gunug on March 19, 2009, 04:36:43 AM
I was waiting yesterday at a Topeka Hospital for my commute rider who was there for physical therapy and saw a guy loading a Topeka Capitol-Journal newspaper box into a pickup truck and it brought to mind the one for the Lawrence paper that used to be in the coop complex where I live and  is now gone and this might be where they're going ( http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/s..._recession.html ):

Title: Read the newspaper, they're not doing so hot!
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 19, 2009, 09:10:15 AM
True, with the creation of "sound bytes" in some media, we see it's effects in people's unwillingness to take the time to read even the barest of written reports. And don't bore me with more than one side of a story! Just tell me what I want to hear! And thank goodness for new means of "communication" such as Twitter, automatically prevent a whole though from being expressed, concentrate on the trivial, keep people busy enough to not notice real events. rolleyes.gif

I'm not defending most "news" papers. Many were bought out by people and corporations with nothing more than a profit motive. The old concept of providing information that those in power always want to obscure is quickly dying. Of course, there were also some papers that wanted their hold on that information exactly because of the power it gave them. Nothing man-made is perfect.

The decline of most news "services" into add supported companies is resulting in the natural progression into catering to the lowest common denominator, IMHO. An uninformed society is a failing society. A common result of 'majority rule,' where it should not be invoked. I fear that "Justice" will soon follow the same path.
Title: Read the newspaper, they're not doing so hot!
Post by: kimmer on March 19, 2009, 05:15:33 PM
Haven't read the article yet, but I'm guessing those are San Francisco Bay Area newspapers.

Newspapers all over were in trouble *before* this economic downfall, so I'm not surprised to see them failing at a rapid rate. It's sad.
Title: Read the newspaper, they're not doing so hot!
Post by: kbeartx on March 19, 2009, 06:24:04 PM
QUOTE(kimmer @ Mar 19 2009, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... I'm guessing those are San Francisco Bay Area newspapers...


Judging from the URL, I'd guess Boston, MA.

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Title: Read the newspaper, they're not doing so hot!
Post by: sandbox on March 19, 2009, 07:57:01 PM
Boston.com is part of thr Boston Globe Newspaper. The link is telling. wink.gif

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Unused newspaper racks clutter a storage yard in San Francisco, California on Friday, March 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (edit: see edit note at top, these unused boxes were removed per city rules, not due to economic pressure) #


QUOTE(kbeartx @ Mar 19 2009, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(kimmer @ Mar 19 2009, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... I'm guessing those are San Francisco Bay Area newspapers...


Judging from the URL, I'd guess Boston, MA.

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