Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Every newspaper is a business, Tim - no business, no profits, no news. And the attempts to grab rights come from the business side - which is, after all, a business, not a collective for the support of writers and artists. And yes, the business sides at publications are making more and more inroads into the operations of the news sides. But to suggest that there "isn't much integrity" in the efforts of those on the news side is, at best, just plain silly. B. D. Tim Atherton wrote: >>The Times >> exists to present news of the world to the public - no matter what you >>may think of the job it does. The Greenpeace publication exists solely >>to push the Greenpeace agenda. >> >>B. D. >> > > Actually BD the Times exists to make money for it's parent company by > selling advertising and, secondarily, news. (and increasingly, "content", to > whoever wants it). > > Witness their many recent attempts to rip-off and grab rights (all for > bucks) from writers and photographers. There isn't much integrity in any of > their efforts there, journalistic or otherwise. (Likewise the Boston Globe > and numerous others). It's all now about the bottom line. > > > Tim A > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html