Lol, I know it’s below the belt to make fun of the gentleman’s name but with ideas like that, Mr. MORONey is definitely asking for trouble

“When Ford and Buick began assembling their “horseless carriages” at the start of the 20th century, the nation suddenly faced the reality that countless workers who built and assembled carriages and stagecoaches would soon be added to unemployment rolls… The government could have stepped in to protect those jobs, but that isn’t the government’s, well, job (contrary to popular opinion). America, and the world, might have become a very different place had politicians thought it their duty to defend the stagecoach industry from collapsing in order to keep people employed and the economy ’strong.’”

I think the reason for that is simply that traditional media has only so much space that can be dedicated to a piece of news, having at most only one print publication a day. By the time the next publication comes, they would have to move on to new news. Online journalists on the other hand, can just keep posting their opinions/write-ups by the minute, include discussion from others and basically talk a piece of news to death. Basically, they can have as much space as they need to talk an issue through. I don’t think print journalists should be trying to draw the line between print and online so clearly, turning it into some competition but rather be working together towards providing both print (objective facts) and online (space for discussion and opinions) spaces for consumers.

And why in the hell are they taking Huffington’s opinion? Does her extreme political bias automatically make her an expert?

This is ridiculous if you ask me.

I like Dallas Morning News idea of tax breaks for newspapers. It’s becoming ever clearer that readers don’t want to pay for content and subscriptions are notoriously difficult to get. A tax break would be great, but other industries who are in more need than newspapers may protest a move like this.

http://www.word...line-journalism

Newspapers (or at least their content) do provide a type of writing and investigation that the average blogger will never obtain.

But that doesn’t mean that journalists, either as individuals or as a collective, can’t make some money with their own blogs (or web sites).

The margins are lower, but they are still there to pay the salaries. Journalism will live on — the real question is who is going to filter the crap from the good solid news — bring the distinguished writers and reputable authorities to the top.