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Not exactly sure what you mean by "decades demonizing journalism"? Who is doing the demonizing? Decades? Paper journalism's death has been exacerbated by the
by zozin 6y ago
Not exactly sure what you mean by "decades demonizing journalism"? Who is doing the demonizing? Decades?
Paper journalism's death has been exacerbated by the Internet, but it was dying long before the WWW was a thing. Radio, cinema, and television all played a role in killing off paper journalism. At the height of their popularity newspapers weren't just a method of conveying cold hard facts, they were a form of entertainment. It's not surprising that the least visually engaging medium is dying off when there are dozens of other more visually, and in turn emotionally engaging mediums, competing for eyeballs.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoThis theory doesn't work because the decline has nothing to do with print. Look at where cable news is now -- it's somehow, seemingly impossibly, even worse than the NYT. It's as if CNN and MSNBC looked at Fox News and reacted with a jealously-based compulsion to outmatch their pathology.