I miss picking up a newspaper and reading in-depth reporting. Too many times now, it's surface fluff that leaves gaping holes in the story of what happened. I mean really basic stuff, like it will report some politician was finally sentenced after years long trial for genocide, but won't go any further than the leader's name, the genocide, and the sentence. How about a little background about why there was even a genocide, who the players were, why they hated each other, etc. It's frustrating.
Oh, and my other gripe, every newspaper nationwide reports the exact same story the exact same way. One person writes a story and all the corporate owned papers pull it from the wire and run with it. They never check the facts themselves. They never check the spelling. It drives me crazy.
I only bought a Sunday paper because it had much more analysis. Daily papers are pure (and highly annoying) fluff. Now I don't even buy a Sunday paper.... Maybe I'm helping to kill the industry...?
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Perhaps tablets were an Elaborate Plot by Luthor to collect all of our information to plan an even BIGGER scheme...
We... Luthor *is* psychotic... [grin]
I miss picking up a newspaper and reading in-depth reporting. Too many times now, it's surface fluff that leaves gaping holes in the story of what happened. I mean really basic stuff, like it will report some politician was finally sentenced after years long trial for genocide, but won't go any further than the leader's name, the genocide, and the sentence. How about a little background about why there was even a genocide, who the players were, why they hated each other, etc. It's frustrating.
Oh, and my other gripe, every newspaper nationwide reports the exact same story the exact same way. One person writes a story and all the corporate owned papers pull it from the wire and run with it. They never check the facts themselves. They never check the spelling. It drives me crazy.
I only bought a Sunday paper because it had much more analysis. Daily papers are pure (and highly annoying) fluff. Now I don't even buy a Sunday paper.... Maybe I'm helping to kill the industry...?
No, I think newspapers are killing their own industry, by not doing their job and keeping the public properly informed.
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