Loved this piece. I am unsure whether or not I mourn my halcyon days with a copy of the Times (London) propped up against my tea pot or hunched over it ,neatly folded (the paper, not me), knocking off the crossword puzzle or indeed learning to fold the US version of the WSJ (the European one was a different shape and had better ink that didn‘t smudge horribly) in order to read it more comfortably. But I definitely miss the quality of writing and the strict bifurcation of factual reporting and OpEd, which is the real death that I mourn bitterly.
I live in the Global South/the 3rd world and social media and streaming apps enable us to get any American news and entertainment in real time, which is unimaginable 30 years ago.
On the other hand, we see everything described here. An angry America full of snarky, negative, and neurotic people. Americans who hate traditions, the old, and moderation.
I just wish we'll live long enough to see the renaissance of American media, where brilliance, creativity, and bravery will be mainstream again.
Excellent analysis. I'm a digital pessimist, and I predict a resurgence of print media around the corner. Will we soon see print versions of substack newsletters? I think so.
Fully agree about the "amplification" problem online. Another hurdle for online journalism is the distraction-heavy medium of the internet itself, and computers / phones in general. If I have a copy of a print newspaper in hand, that's what I'm stuck reading until I make the choice to put it down, and until I do, that's all I'm going to do - but online, there are a bazillion other distractions and things I could be doing instead, only a click or two away.
Loved this piece. I am unsure whether or not I mourn my halcyon days with a copy of the Times (London) propped up against my tea pot or hunched over it ,neatly folded (the paper, not me), knocking off the crossword puzzle or indeed learning to fold the US version of the WSJ (the European one was a different shape and had better ink that didn‘t smudge horribly) in order to read it more comfortably. But I definitely miss the quality of writing and the strict bifurcation of factual reporting and OpEd, which is the real death that I mourn bitterly.
I live in the Global South/the 3rd world and social media and streaming apps enable us to get any American news and entertainment in real time, which is unimaginable 30 years ago.
On the other hand, we see everything described here. An angry America full of snarky, negative, and neurotic people. Americans who hate traditions, the old, and moderation.
I just wish we'll live long enough to see the renaissance of American media, where brilliance, creativity, and bravery will be mainstream again.
Excellent analysis. I'm a digital pessimist, and I predict a resurgence of print media around the corner. Will we soon see print versions of substack newsletters? I think so.
Fully agree about the "amplification" problem online. Another hurdle for online journalism is the distraction-heavy medium of the internet itself, and computers / phones in general. If I have a copy of a print newspaper in hand, that's what I'm stuck reading until I make the choice to put it down, and until I do, that's all I'm going to do - but online, there are a bazillion other distractions and things I could be doing instead, only a click or two away.
Mr. Pickles. Bravo. Nothing is dynamic anymore which sux for a quiet/loud/quiet Gen Xer
What percentage of stories do you expect the MSM to get right, and how many stories do you think they push?