i swing both ways. i am really really tired of being over mediated, for example, by the kind of alarmist 4-6 p.m. local broadcast news which features "consumer" reportage such as how many germs there are on toilet seats, and how many pedophiles have moved into the neighborhood. their intent is to maintain the 40 per cent profit margin of TV stations, and to lead into the evening news. in other words, what is being purveyed is not news, but train wrecks you can't stop watching. my mother, who suffered from dementia, was much distressed in her last days by the same techniques used in weather reports, of exaggerating -- oh, let's say, the threat of the japanese tsunami to the virginia suburbs of d.c
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To be honest, the only original stories I read from my local papers are the ones that I know will receive some heated, boilerplate responses from angry old white people. Reading opinions, however skewered and different from my own, amuses me to no end.
Along with firing reporters, papers are also whittling down their copy editors. If they cannot be bothered to invest in some quality, there is no real incentive for me to read high school level reporting.
On the other hand, I do love SFGate. They do not seem to take themselves too seriously, and their sense of humor shines on their site. I love them!
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If local news disappears, local officials will be able to get away with a lot of crap.
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Along with firing reporters, papers are also whittling down their copy editors. If they cannot be bothered to invest in some quality, there is no real incentive for me to read high school level reporting.
On the other hand, I do love SFGate. They do not seem to take themselves too seriously, and their sense of humor shines on their site. I love them!
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