Comments on: Whatever Are They Going To Do?

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:06:28 +0000

The newspapers are in danger because they are eighteenth century technology, and this ain’t the eighteenth century any more.

But occasional flaps like the one which cause Patterico to cancel his subscription to the Los Angeles Times can wind up being important; the LAT lost 10,000 subscriptions over something stupid that they did during the recall election, and 10,000 is a big number.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 05:06:44 +0000

I don’t disagree with the central idea that newspapers are in danger. But the idea that it has anything to do with them being too liberal too conservative or too whatever is stupid. Newspapers are dying because it doesnt cost me anything to go to nytimes.com or washingtonpost.com and get much more information than the 50c to $1 the daily papers cost.

By: Hollywood_Freaks

Hollywood_Freaks — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 05:06:27 +0000

I agree.

By: Hollywood_Freaks

Hollywood_Freaks — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 04:06:37 +0000

I get your point. But as a blogger who claims to have “been throwing bombs” you should probably at least follow up with a reason why they are not in danger.

Because right now, my only follow-up is “why not?”

Perhaps “throwing unsupported sarcastic sentences on a website” is more accurate.