Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >