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2008-04-28 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Times Circulation plunges again - fewer homes with pet birds blamed

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-04-28 10:07|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 When I was a daily newspaper reporter in the 1980s, the managing editor had a TV in his office so he could see what had to be put in tomorrow's paper. Now the TV people look at blogs and Drudge to see what they have to put on in the next 15 minutes. Most print news stories read as if reporters and editors have no idea how to use google, let alone Lexis / Nexis. Soon, newspapers will run listings of what was on TV and in the theaters last week...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-04-28 10:19|| 2008-04-28 10:19|| Front Page Top

#2 I love the Titanic graphic because it just says it all. In the not too distant future, I think a dinosaur graphic will tell the tale.

Posted by Sninert Black9312 2008-04-28 11:17|| 2008-04-28 11:17|| Front Page Top

#3 They'd do better if they kept all their fiction off the front page. I'd pay for straight reporting without the slant, but they don't seem to be able to resist toying with the facts and they appear to believe that slanting is editing.

For those with pet birds, a very large roll of clean brown paper can be purchased in the hardware store paint supplies section for less than the cost of a few Sunday editions.

Posted by Darrell 2008-04-28 11:40|| 2008-04-28 11:40|| Front Page Top

#4 That's what happens when your high-school graduates can't read.

Posted by Bobby 2008-04-28 11:44|| 2008-04-28 11:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Bobby, I think it's not reading (They see and read the words) it's comprehension, they don't really understand the meanings the words try to convey.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-28 15:03|| 2008-04-28 15:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Example
"He slept with me" (Two year old)
"He slept with me" (20 year old)

Same words, entirely different meaning, that's the comprehension that's lacking here.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-28 16:37|| 2008-04-28 16:37|| Front Page Top

#7 it's comprehension, they don't really understand the meanings the words try to convey.

The NYT is Toast [melba, NOT]

Posted by RD">RD 2008-04-28 18:31|| 2008-04-28 18:31|| Front Page Top

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