Comments on: Newspapers Are Doomed, and It’s Not Executives’ Fault http://timothyblee.com/2009/08/27/newspapers-are-doomed-and-its-not-executives-fault/ A Blog by Timothy B. Lee Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Timothy B Lee http://timothyblee.com/2009/08/27/newspapers-are-doomed-and-its-not-executives-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Timothy B Lee Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:41:58 +0000 http://timothyblee.com/?p=636#comment-211 Thanks, I'll check those out! Thanks, I’ll check those out!

]]> By: Rhayader http://timothyblee.com/2009/08/27/newspapers-are-doomed-and-its-not-executives-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Rhayader Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:31:27 +0000 http://timothyblee.com/?p=636#comment-209 Great piece Tim. Radley Balko pointed out your blog a couple weeks ago and I've been enjoying the material. Pretty much everyone arguing against your basic position has seemed like a whiny xenophobe, with the exception of one guy: David Simon. Not that his argument has been substantially different (newspapers hold value that online pubs don't, and news companies need to start charging for online content). A couple recent columns he's written: http://www.cjr.org/feature/build_the_wall_1.php?page=all http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022703591.html He makes some good points though, especially about keeping the government and police accountable (of course, now that CNN is stealing criminal justice stuff from Radley, maybe he has that backwards). And, given the work that he's done in the past, I can't help but give his opinion some weight. Is this just a case of the art having more intellectual integrity than the artist (something I've considered with Simon before)? Or is he making points that need to be considered in this debate? Anyway, keep up the good work! Great piece Tim. Radley Balko pointed out your blog a couple weeks ago and I’ve been enjoying the material.

Pretty much everyone arguing against your basic position has seemed like a whiny xenophobe, with the exception of one guy: David Simon. Not that his argument has been substantially different (newspapers hold value that online pubs don’t, and news companies need to start charging for online content). A couple recent columns he’s written:

http://www.cjr.org/feature/build_the_wall_1.php?page=all

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022703591.html

He makes some good points though, especially about keeping the government and police accountable (of course, now that CNN is stealing criminal justice stuff from Radley, maybe he has that backwards). And, given the work that he’s done in the past, I can’t help but give his opinion some weight. Is this just a case of the art having more intellectual integrity than the artist (something I’ve considered with Simon before)? Or is he making points that need to be considered in this debate?

Anyway, keep up the good work!

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