Lilguy

Newspapers Can't Compete with 'Us'

What Mr. Wilson says about the blogosphere is true. And equally important, the opposite is true of newspapers: They are getting both narrower and shallower as a result of laying off news staff during the economic downturn as ad revenues and sales plummet. Now what passes for news in a paper is often the highly spun press release from a business, a politician, or some other entity or person with a very clear agenda slightly re-written by a news service organization.

It both saddens and frightens me a bit to see newspapers so much on the wane. I believe they can be an excellent complement to the blogosphere in any topic area.