[Leica] RIP, my newspaper

[Tina Manley]

We got the latest Time yesterday.  The cover story is on Cuba.  There were
a couple of good photos but the rest would have gotten a 1 in LR and been
discarded if they had been mine.  I don't get it.

At least this issue was on world issues.  Usually the USA version has a
cover story on entertainment or health (ME issues) and the international
version has a cover story on what's really important in the world.

Dumbed down for the USA.

Tina

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com>
wrote:

> Have anyone seen a recent copy of Time?  I've had desk blotters that were
> thicker.
>
> J
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of Ted Grant
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 11:59 AM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: Re: [Leica] RIP, my newspaper
>
> 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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