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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:46 PM Original message |
Bloggers Can't Fill the Gap Left by Shrinking Press Corps |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. We'll make do, but thanks for your concern. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Really, which state house legislature are you covering? where can I see your reporting? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Kindly point to where I said I was a reporter. Thanks! |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I thought the same thing |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I was being sarcastic, in no way do I believe unpaid bloggers are quitting day jobs to cover state & |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. But we have 24/7 RATpubliCON spew on the radio |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. Liberal radio does not work because liberals prefer reading to listening IMHO I never once |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It is something to be concerned about |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm sure the Corporations will have an answer for that |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. The allocation of reporting resources is a dismal void |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Why Report - Just Parrot the Spin |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Yeah, I suppose |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Really, because when you were not scouring the NYTimes they were writing a 19... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. All AFTER the fact. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. You do realize Knight Rider is a newspaper not a blogger |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think is is a cornspiracrazy |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Too bad, Rosebudd, that all you really got from this post was snark, because on top of all of |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Agreed. I'm very concerned about this deteriorating situation within newsrooms. (nt) |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. And the Warren County lockdown on Nov. 4, 04 was uncovered by a cub reporter, the veteran political |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Don't let some of our more sarcastic and apathetic members dissuade you |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. the chicago tribune just broke the story on child car seats |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is definitely a serious issue. Real reporting -- as opposed to opinionating -- takes funding. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. There has been little REAL news reporting for years now, imo... |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The cause of it's demise IS Ebay & Craigslist, the classifieds had been a huge part |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The corporate media's single minded focus with the O.J. trial came long before |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. This OP is about newspapers, not the bozos on TV....and very little of what |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You may be correct if you don't consider the New York Times, Washington Post, |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Funny I don't remember newspapers devoting more than one story per day to OJ & I am fairly |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I have no doubt there are good journalists out there but Frank Rich |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. I read this article this morning. REALLY good. Thanks for posting it. nt |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. ? Why is that? That's all we've had for the past 8 years while these clowns |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. The old order disintegrates. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. It would have been a story investors need to know about & would have been in |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. hindsight is 20/20 |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. "It's the institutional memory and knowledge." |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The Wire covered the newsroom situation in the last season, the creator was |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Blogs are Fun to Read for Different Perspectives on Current Events, |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. This is going to be a difficult task! |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. Big K/R |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. Josh Marshall, whose Web site, Talking Points Memo, has six reporters -- and plans to hire more -- |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #37 |
54. How does he pay his reporters? |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. From the way some DUers are reacting to this grim news....I think this particular comment needs to |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. "But EPIC is what we wanted." |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
40. Do you think there is any chance |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Thinning might mean Podunkville AL but no WaPo or NYTimes the ones who are |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. I think we'll have to. |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Slate tried charging, so did WSJ, both are now free, when NYTimes made the columnists |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
62. Absolutely not. Subscription is a non-starter. Advertising will pay the bills... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
41. Bloggers really do rely on citations from traditional news organizations |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
42. Can the advetising model support the costs of real reporting? |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. The problem is the print to online model, online advertising has not been able to make up the |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #42 |
63. It has to. |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
44. People mock this at their peril. Reporting is hard work, takes time and money, and when it's gone, |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
47. Unfortunately, a major contracting economy will have that net effect. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
48. If we had a press that actually did investigation like the old days I'd agree, but |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. And you actually think no press is better? LBN on DU is going to be awful empty. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
53. I really don't want to hear |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. That's right. Newspapers in general are responsible for the Iraq War. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. As I said..I don't want to hear |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Cut off your nose to spite your face then......who do think broke any single important |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Get off your high horse and |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Newspapers are the backbone of a democracy. We will be in huge trouble without them. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:42 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Get ready to say goodbye to democracy then. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
61. well, maybe the Pacifica model will finally have room to grow now. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
65. Local "news" hasn't covered state government for over 25 years |
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