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Comments on: Get Serious https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/08/get-serious/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:01:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/08/get-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-30217 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:01:28 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/08/get-serious/#comment-30217 They have the ability to do the in-depth research and reporting that the ‘Net can’t yet manage. They can’t possibly beat the ‘Net on breaking news, so they should go with their unique capability and sell it. People will pay for solid reporting, but they are not going to buy a newspaper filled with the same wire service copy they can get on the ‘Net for nothing.

As for their web presence – teasers referencing the printed version and a delay posting the entire story.

the need to add value to their product, not their stock price.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/08/get-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-30215 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:28:43 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/08/get-serious/#comment-30215 </a>, they may as well follow their instincts and show Britney's ****: that will turn heads, and showing it is at least not a hypocritical gesture. The flags-on-lapels story is just a different kind of whoring, without the prurient interest.]]> August is right on target as usual.

Flags on lapels? Ridiculous! I wore one right after 9/11/2001, as did 3/4 of Americans, until I realized that the Bushists intended to use the tragedy for political purposes. The meaning of an American flag on one’s lapel has long since been transformed into something entirely political and completely inappropriate. Apologies to those who wear one in good faith, but it is in no way a test of one’s patriotism.

As to the legacy media™, they may as well follow their instincts and show Britney’s ****: that will turn heads, and showing it is at least not a hypocritical gesture. The flags-on-lapels story is just a different kind of whoring, without the prurient interest.

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