Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> At 05:59 PM 5/10/00 -0400, Steve LeHuray wrote: > > >I would think a liberal paper like that would treat their people better. > > Steve, Two thoughts: First is that traditionally newspaper publishers have been pretty conservative, but the staffs (staves, rhymes with slaves?) have not. Second, the conglomerate mentality has taken over the magazine and newspaper business with a vengence. What this means is a change from publications being owned and operated by those who care about the publication and its quality with a passion (my own father was an example of someone who thought all towns deserved a great paper and owned or edited quite a few during his lifetime, and was willing to sacrifice whatever it took to do good work), to the standard now with accountants and "managers" who only see with short-term bottom line vision and probably couldn't tell or care about quality content if they saw it. We are no longer photographers or writers, but "content providers" in the venacular. Newspapers are a business, but a business that has lost perspective and ethics. Who was it said you could have a free press without democracy, but you couldn't have democracy without a free press? The conflicts of interest at work in the media today give true democracy a very dim future in the US, and probably around the world. What has this to do with paying for web useage? It is a subtle symptom of a disease. Ouch! Damn! Soapbox I was standing on just collapsed. So should I trade my 'cron ASPH for a 'lux? donal - -- __________ Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com