Comments on: Three For Thursday http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/three-for-thursday.html Chronicling the Decline of Newspapers and the Rebirth of Journalism Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:06:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Joe http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/three-for-thursday.html/comment-page-1#comment-7589 Joe Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:55:48 +0000 http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/?p=2343#comment-7589 The UK Guardian some time ago wrote an article about how newspapers had changed over the last 25 years. By coincidence, this article might focus on a reason why so many readers have vanished. It begins: How did readers know what to think in 1984? Once you get over the minuscule, blurred pictures and the lack of colour, the first thing that strikes you about the newspapers of that year is the paucity of opinionated columnists. The finger-jabbing, red-faced anger of today's commentariat, the passionate, omniscient certainty with which they declare opinions, scarcely existed 25 years ago. .... So much news, but so little comment http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/18/newspaper-industry The UK Guardian some time ago wrote an article about how newspapers had
changed over the last 25 years. By coincidence, this article might focus on a
reason why so many readers have vanished.
It begins:
How did readers know what to think in 1984? Once you get over the minuscule, blurred pictures and the lack of colour, the first thing that strikes you about the newspapers of that year is the paucity of opinionated columnists. The finger-jabbing, red-faced anger of today’s commentariat, the passionate, omniscient certainty with which they declare opinions, scarcely existed 25 years ago. ….

So much news, but so little comment
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/18/newspaper-industry

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]]> By: The Wild Hunt » Citizen Journalists and other Pagan News of Note http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/three-for-thursday.html/comment-page-1#comment-7579 The Wild Hunt » Citizen Journalists and other Pagan News of Note Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:13:16 +0000 http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/?p=2343#comment-7579 [...] Story: While not explicitly about Paganism, the Newspaper Death Watch blog pointed me to a fascinating new study entitled “New Entrepreneurs: New Perspectives on News” ( PDF [...] [...] Story: While not explicitly about Paganism, the Newspaper Death Watch blog pointed me to a fascinating new study entitled “New Entrepreneurs: New Perspectives on News” ( PDF [...]

]]> By: 10 blogs I’m thankful for http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/three-for-thursday.html/comment-page-1#comment-7569 10 blogs I’m thankful for Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:59:17 +0000 http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/?p=2343#comment-7569 [...] Last post: Three for Thursday [...] [...] Last post: Three for Thursday [...]

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