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I think most people won't care. They want the shiny. If political satire is missing, most people won't miss it or even notice, they'll be too busy laughing at t
by nfnaaron 17y ago
I think most people won't care. They want the shiny. If political satire is missing, most people won't miss it or even notice, they'll be too busy laughing at their cat batting games on their iPad. The same for other political commentary, or news that puts some politician or institution in a bad light.
The iPad may help news corporations survive, but it is certainly no saviour to journalism. In an age where editors would fight government censorship to the point of jail and beyond, they'll STFU and follow Apple's rules to stay in business.
- GHFigs 17y agoSo what's this world wide web thing I keep hearing about?
- nfnaaron 17y agoThat's a good point, in the spirit of "routing around censorship." But if people really do pay for information apps, information corporations are going to notice that. Editorial control will be increasingly given over to Apple (or whoever). Less to little to no effort will be made on the sites of at least those corporations. Of course it only works if consumers go that way. We'll hang ourselves, and buy the rope from information corporations and the scaffold from Apple.