Comments on: Newspaper ad sales fall record $3B in 6 mths http://noillusionspodcast.com/2008/09/12/newspaper-ad-sales-fall-record-3b-in-6-mths/ Science, atheism, politics, futurism, and a hard dose of the truth. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:16:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: OBAMA http://noillusionspodcast.com/2008/09/12/newspaper-ad-sales-fall-record-3b-in-6-mths/comment-page-1/#comment-661755 OBAMA Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:32:57 +0000 http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/?p=1433#comment-661755 CAMERON, IS IT TRUE THAT BILL O'REILLY ON FOX NEWS IS YOUR BROTHER??? MAYBE IT WILL SURPRISE EVERYONE AND THE CHRISTAINS WILL SAVE THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM BY WATCHING YOUR BROTHER ON TV!!!!! CAMERON,

IS IT TRUE THAT BILL O’REILLY ON FOX NEWS IS YOUR BROTHER??? MAYBE IT WILL SURPRISE EVERYONE AND THE CHRISTAINS WILL SAVE THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM BY WATCHING YOUR BROTHER ON TV!!!!!

]]> By: Jared Croft http://noillusionspodcast.com/2008/09/12/newspaper-ad-sales-fall-record-3b-in-6-mths/comment-page-1/#comment-659716 Jared Croft Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:59:06 +0000 http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/?p=1433#comment-659716 Whatever the flaws in presentation of much the mainstream press, I think it bodes ill for us to have less reporting from the ground. Discussion is all fine and good, but someone needs to actually get the basic facts before we have something to talk about. However, the problem is, and this problem isn't entirely new, is that direct reporting is very frequently not as profitable as analysis. I don't agree with Charlie's solution. It would take out all small players and would push us to the opposite extreme. As to what the heck we should do, direct government subsidy would probably work to some extent, though some amount of corruption would be inevitable. I don't know, I might get back to you on this-it would take some thought to work it out. I would not however, be defeatist and claim there is no solution to a problem of this nature. Obviously the Journalism business model needs to be changed; I don't think Journalism is cleary on its last ropes however. Whatever the flaws in presentation of much the mainstream press, I think it bodes ill for us to have less reporting from the ground. Discussion is all fine and good, but someone needs to actually get the basic facts before we have something to talk about. However, the problem is, and this problem isn’t entirely new, is that direct reporting is very frequently not as profitable as analysis.

I don’t agree with Charlie’s solution. It would take out all small players and would push us to the opposite extreme.

As to what the heck we should do, direct government subsidy would probably work to some extent, though some amount of corruption would be inevitable. I don’t know, I might get back to you on this-it would take some thought to work it out. I would not however, be defeatist and claim there is no solution to a problem of this nature. Obviously the Journalism business model needs to be changed; I don’t think Journalism is cleary on its last ropes however.

]]> By: Charlie http://noillusionspodcast.com/2008/09/12/newspaper-ad-sales-fall-record-3b-in-6-mths/comment-page-1/#comment-657076 Charlie Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:27:18 +0000 http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/?p=1433#comment-657076 I think that a news subscription should be complusory for all adults. To qualify as an eligible news outlet you would have to have at least 100 (50 domestic/50 overseas) on-the-ground journalists/bloggers/reporters who had to report news first hand ie they couldn't just reprint press releases and agency copy. That would solve the problem. It would be a form of government subsidy without giving the government the power over where the money went. I think that a news subscription should be complusory for all adults. To qualify as an eligible news outlet you would have to have at least 100 (50 domestic/50 overseas) on-the-ground journalists/bloggers/reporters who had to report news first hand ie they couldn’t just reprint press releases and agency copy. That would solve the problem. It would be a form of government subsidy without giving the government the power over where the money went.

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