Comments on: Sheriff Arpaio: The Newspaper Belongs in the Trash

By: MadJennyVane

MadJennyVane — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:12:13 +0000

Thomas Jefferson once said, “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” The media was screwed up back then. It’ll probably always be screwed up as long as emotions play a role in what and how the news is delivered. You’ve just got to be smarter than to believe all the crap those people vomit every day. We need robotic journalists, I think. Monotone news.

By: Bob Stapler

Bob Stapler — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:45:14 +0000

Makes me wonder who is still reading the liberal rags. I know I read them to keep track of the left and, maybe, I am not alone. I give extra attention to editorial pages, knowing that’s where the most rabid liberals hang out. Wouldn’t that be something if every conservative in the country decided to stop reading them the same week as a brief experiment. Just how far might their readership fall?

By: sedonaman

sedonaman — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:37:37 +0000

It’s been a couple of years since I read an article [on the internet] that this was happening to print media. According to the article, at that time they had been relying mainly on the numerous small want-ads for their revenue, but craigslist.com was already starting to take that away. I don’t know how much an ad is in craigslist, but in 1997, I paid $70 for a one-week two-line ad in the LA Times, and I thought it was kinda high.

By: jeanedcrusader1

jeanedcrusader1 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:16:07 +0000

tragic. as a journalist, i mourn the corruption of my craft. i have to say, though, finally McCain has caught on to the viral marketing and grassroots Internet presence that catalyzed this generation’s interest in the liberal illuminati.

By: sedonaman

sedonaman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:12:28 +0000

“There is more truth on the label of a can of tomatoes than in your average newspaper.” — comment by Ben Hecht, an early 20th Century reporter for the Chicago Tribune, in his biography Gaily, Gaily, made long before the Truth in Labeling Act.