Comments on: Curious Inversions of Perception

By: nezua

nezua — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:25:10 +0000

sweetleaf, its always good to see you.

By: sweetleaf

sweetleaf — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:18:45 +0000

word there nez…and thank you for giving me a place(s) i can go to get a real feel for what is going on, and not the contrived shit that is mass produced and spoon fed to us daily. i have been following your lead for about a year now.
thank you for being here.

By: nezua

nezua — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:19:16 +0000

oh i agree…i think it was a confluence of the internet (we like news faster, its simple, quicker updates and we can carry them on fones, etc) and papers losing their soul in a big obvious way (selling us a war that would kill thousands and make millions for corporations). seems clear to me. this is what they have sown, its what they reap. tuff titty.

By: sweetleaf

sweetleaf — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:16:16 +0000

first impression that comes to my mind is; the decline of newspaper/news is an exact example of how and why form follows function.

i dunno, but i think that if i wanted the essence of hog shit, then i would go to a hog farm. i believe the responsibility for the publics loss of interest is due to the newspapers that sold out to_____(fill in the blank), and due to the poser journalist/journalism that prevails. i mean if i want to hear a bunch of lies, fabricated stories, or what i already know, etc…. i talk to my boy friend…(just joking kind of )

what i am trying to say is, i think that the loss of newpapers, is not due to the internet as a better means, (that may turn out to be a trojan horse), but due to hidden agenda, newspapers acceptance and demand for lazy reporting, and that true/real journalism is a lost art. newspaper has to take responsibility for their own success and in this case, failure.

this was foreseen, predictable, and so what does that tell us?

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:11:59 +0000

Interesting article and refreshing take on the situation. Indeed, what we need is journalism.

By: nezua

nezua — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:45:30 +0000

thank you joan. i got a tiny bit of pushback on a list or two i sent this to, so i always value the comments that support what i’m feeling, as well.

By: Joan Kelly

Joan Kelly — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:42:36 +0000

Can I just say how glad I am to see this post? It’s not that I don’t care if century-old newspapers bite the dust, I mean I don’t feel like, “Screw them, history can go eff itself!” But I do feel like, what’s with the whole acting-like-it’s-the-death-of-innocence or some damn thing? I do hate that people are losing jobs in EVERY industry, including publishing. But I agree whole heartedly with the distinction between saving newspapers and saving society. And last I checked, society has been continuing on with itself whilst this one form of journalism dies out.

So thanks again for this post. I’ve been feeling like such an effing Scrooge for not tearing up at every sadly-narrated this-newspaper-is-now-also-going-under story I hear on the radio.