[Leica] RIP, my newspaper

[Bill Clough]

All the more reason to subscribe to The Economist.

--bc

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Peter Klein OFFERED:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] RIP, my newspaper
>
> .....The answer is that the media do not think that their American
> readership is
> interested in anything international except if it directly affects the
> U.S., or if it somehow confirms or (occasionally) refutes a dominant
> American attitude. Or if it is horriffic, or has something to do with sex,
> and the more outrageous the better.
>
> Compare the U.S. vs. International editions of major American publications.
> You'll get a rude shock.  Also, compare a 1950s or 60s edition of Time or
> Newsweek with a recent one. You'll find less content, less depth, and a
> much lower grade-level of writing. None of this is accidental. The
> publications life blood is the delivery of eyeballs to advertisers. They
> know that today's American eyeballs, on average, will not stay on the page
> of intelligent, in-depth articles long enough to see the ads.<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> UNFORTUNATELY SO TRUE !!! :-(
>
> ted
>
>
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