The Rocky
Ron Vander Kooi of Arvada writes:
simplistically told readers to get new glasses, the smaller print will
continue to be a problem as will the smudged pictures, etc. If the
Rocky’s goal is to lose its faithful readers with a smaller paper, also
with less content, I predict it will win and will, eventually, go out of
business.
The other clear problem is the “dumbing down” of content, for example,
with sometimes ignorant, irresponsible AND unsigned (except for
nicknames) blogs being printed. To print them seems an ill informed
attempt to gain opinionated readers.
I have long been and remain a defender of newspapers because they are
easily accountable -since they must commit their stories to print. This
makes them inherently more responsible than bloggers and radio talk jocks
as well as radio and TV newscasters. But, as a sociologist, I see most
of the media, including tabloid newspapers, trying to please an
increasingly politically divided population. They reach for a lowest
common denominator. This is a sad reflection both on the media and on
American society.
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