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ProgressiveProfessor

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14. The web has really lowered the bar for low cost publication

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:57 AM

Nov 2012

and the level of censorship done by web hosts is pretty minimal. Crazies of all stripes set up sites and publish what they please. While the ad model has broken down for funding, bandwidth is cheap enough that anyone can have their site and qualify as a journalist.

This drives the old media nuts and in the end will drive the classic newspapers out of business if they do not change their revenue model. Not sure what will emerge, but there is currently excess capacity in journalism schools. Its a clue.

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Is the death of newspapers the end of good citizenship? (CS Monitor) [View all] pinto Nov 2012 OP

Thanks to the Christian Science Monitor locks Nov 2012 #1

One of the stalwarts of old media complaining about the fate of old media ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #2

The CSM is one of a few orgs that still maintains a network of international reporting sites. pinto Nov 2012 #3

Professional Journalism is an oxymoron ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #4

So what does Amy Goodman do for a living, or Greg Palast? mojowork_n Nov 2012 #5

Media figures ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #8

Hmmmm.... mojowork_n Nov 2012 #9

With the emergence of web based news, the concept of what is journalism and who is a journalist has ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #10

Politifact. mojowork_n Nov 2012 #13

The web has really lowered the bar for low cost publication ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #14

PS mojowork_n Nov 2012 #15

So, what is journalism? pinto Nov 2012 #7

a bad lie? ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #11

Brain-Dead Cynicism. (nt) Paladin Nov 2012 #16

Another Pegler supporter I see ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #17

Oh, OK. That clarifies it. mojowork_n Nov 2012 #18

Actually I was going to cite the case, decided not to, and miseditied it. I have since corrected it ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #19

good citizenship daisiebell Nov 2012 #6

Why does the format/media matter? ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #12

Format MisterScruffles Nov 2012 #22

Good article, but there are 2 conflated issues here jade3000 Nov 2012 #20

only daily media floods the zone roseBudd Nov 2012 #21

huh!? what does this even mean? jade3000 Nov 2012 #23

Sends reporters to cover everything at every city hall, every meeting... roseBudd Nov 2012 #24

Thanks! jade3000 Nov 2012 #25

Yeah I picked it up in some article about newspapers and how what they do is nothing like... roseBudd Nov 2012 #26