FlockOfSeadoos t1_jad4i53 wrote
Reply to comment by TheRogIsHere in Maine's newspapers doing the right thing by dj_1973
Newspapers are dying because they adhere to a single perspective. Before you jump up and down and scream something about me being a “Fawx News” acolyte, let me tell you that all I want is non-agenda-driven reporting. I want the truth. And I want to be able to make my own decisions on how that truth affects me and my family. Local news outlets could rebound incredibly easily - perhaps not as print media, but certainly as localized online sources of daily information, if only they would report factually and without horrifically lopsided political perspectives. Advertisers are very simple to figure out; they go where the eyeballs are. And eyeballs leave when they are able to, in every instance, know what will be covered and how it will be covered.
TheRogIsHere t1_jad5oav wrote
I don't care if newspapers die.
I was poking fun at the hypocrisy of many people who, in one instance, applaud a newspaper for doing the "right thing" and cheering them on. But on the other hand, won't do anything to support those papers and reward them for upholding what is right.
Factual reporting is over on a macro level.
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