Comments on: To survive, newspapers will have to learn the era of their ways http://blog.newspaperindex.com/2005/12/31/to-survive-newspapers-will-have/ About newspapers and freedom of the written word Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Frank notes http://blog.newspaperindex.com/2005/12/31/to-survive-newspapers-will-have/#comment-2430 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:32:08 +0000 http://blog.newspaperindex.com/2005/12/31/to-survive-newspapers-will-have/#comment-2430 <strong>The Times vs Bloggers</strong> Recently, Daily Ablution blogger Scott Burgess was told by a Times journalist he contacted that &#34;I am not supposed to have contact with bloggers&#34;. This blanking of bloggers seems rather curious, given that the Times itself has its own Typepad... The Times vs Bloggers

Recently, Daily Ablution blogger Scott Burgess was told by a Times journalist he contacted that "I am not supposed to have contact with bloggers". This blanking of bloggers seems rather curious, given that the Times itself has its own Typepad…

]]> by: Bill McIntyre http://blog.newspaperindex.com/2005/12/31/to-survive-newspapers-will-have/#comment-2291 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:03:58 +0000 http://blog.newspaperindex.com/2005/12/31/to-survive-newspapers-will-have/#comment-2291 It seems to me that too many newspapers have already take up the suggestion to ditch the facts. They have also failed to get their readers involved. People today want to express their opinions. A few papers have caught on like the Globe &#38; Mail in Toronto (CAN) which offers a blog line for immedate comment on stories. But I suspect it may be too little too late. As a former journalist I have lost faith in many of the papers I once respected like the Torono Star which has guided itself willingly into the arms and hearts of every leftist in its market. The only facts which it chooses to publish are those that fit its Liberal-leftist agenda. The blogs have won the battle altough I'm uncertain as to whether they have won the war. With television at least you know you are getting infotainment. Not so with newspapers. I am loathe to predict their demise, but rarely when a horse is last out of the gate, does it win the race. It seems to me that too many newspapers have already take up the suggestion to ditch the facts. They have also failed to get their readers involved. People today want to express their opinions. A few papers have caught on like the Globe & Mail in Toronto (CAN) which offers a blog line for immedate comment on stories. But I suspect it may be too little too late. As a former journalist I have lost faith in many of the papers I once respected like the Torono Star which has guided itself willingly into the arms and hearts of every leftist in its market. The only facts which it chooses to publish are those that fit its Liberal-leftist agenda. The blogs have won the battle altough I’m uncertain as to whether they have won the war. With television at least you know you are getting infotainment. Not so with newspapers. I am loathe to predict their demise, but rarely when a horse is last out of the gate, does it win the race.

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