Why I don't buy or subscribe to the Clarion-Ledger
Nov 13, 2009 14:09 Filed in: Media
My wife and I had breakfast at Primos on Lakeland Drive this morning and a preowned copy of today's C-L was sitting on the table when we sat down. Thinking that it would be a good idea to catch up on some local news, I picked it up only to find Ann Coulter's column staring at me from the top of the opinion page. Yes, newspapers have the right to publish fascist venom, but not the right to be bought, read or even to be taken seriously. Publishing Ann Coulter puts the newspaper's management into the irresponsible pandering category, and illustrates why newspapers have become almost completely irrelevant. I regret the passing of newspapers, but frankly, it's impossible to have any sympathy for their plight. When they were the only game in town, they never really understood why the public bought their papers, and now that they are under the gun, they seem to be unable to learn.
Update: Walter Pinkus of the Washington Post wrote a very pertinent article in the Columbia Journalism Review:
Newspaper Narcissism - Our Pursuit of Glory Led us Away from Readers
Update: Walter Pinkus of the Washington Post wrote a very pertinent article in the Columbia Journalism Review:
Newspaper Narcissism - Our Pursuit of Glory Led us Away from Readers
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