https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/12/substantive-local-journalism-r/ Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:17:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/12/substantive-local-journalism-r/#comment-519 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:17:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/12/substantive-local-journalism-r/#comment-519 Martin: Well, they said substantive, not objective…But seriously, what do you recommend for relatively objective overall national or global news?

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/12/substantive-local-journalism-r/#comment-518 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:26:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/12/substantive-local-journalism-r/#comment-518 I think its a common mistake to assume that commercial news channels are in the business of providing some sort of objective reporting of the daily news.Their business model is to maximize viewing figures in order to sell advertising seconds. And you have to admit that Fox does a good job at this. The fact that its lowest common denominator shock-jockery is no matter- they get the viewing figures and they get the advertising money.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/12/substantive-local-journalism-r/#comment-517 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:21:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/11/12/substantive-local-journalism-r/#comment-517 Funny you should bring this up. My future brother-in-law, Ross Johnson, has done some of the design work for their site. He is excited by the concept, but worried that it may not work as an economic model for news delivery.I hope it catches on. I don’t buy either paper any more, it seems like a waste of money to me when I can get the same news online. But, if MinnPost is effective at presenting journalism, I will be behind them.

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