Comments on: Yellow Journalism: The Golden Age of American News http://pjmedia.com/blog/yellow_journalism_the_best_jou/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:19:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Curly Smith http://pjmedia.com/blog/yellow_journalism_the_best_jou/#comment-16164 Curly Smith Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:58:25 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/yellow-journalism-the-golden-age-of-american-news/#comment-16164 <i>"What the consumer wanted no longer mattered, and what downscale readers wanted was disdained."</i> When the industry is founded on an anti-market premise, is it any surprise that it attracts those who vehemently oppose free trade and capitalism? It's got to be tough when you've spent a century operating a monopoly, using every unsavory tactic imaginable to crush any competition and then the internet removes all of the barriers to entry that you've so skillfully erected. It's a wonder none of those antitrust newshawks ever investigated their own papers, they could have won a Pulitzer. “What the consumer wanted no longer mattered, and what downscale readers wanted was disdained.”

When the industry is founded on an anti-market premise, is it any surprise that it attracts those who vehemently oppose free trade and capitalism? It’s got to be tough when you’ve spent a century operating a monopoly, using every unsavory tactic imaginable to crush any competition and then the internet removes all of the barriers to entry that you’ve so skillfully erected. It’s a wonder none of those antitrust newshawks ever investigated their own papers, they could have won a Pulitzer.

]]> By: Bill Bradley http://pjmedia.com/blog/yellow_journalism_the_best_jou/#comment-16163 Bill Bradley Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:40:28 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/yellow-journalism-the-golden-age-of-american-news/#comment-16163 Sensationalist junk is still sensationalist junk. Sensationalist junk is still sensationalist junk.

]]> By: Steve Boriss http://pjmedia.com/blog/yellow_journalism_the_best_jou/#comment-16162 Steve Boriss Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:58:39 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/yellow-journalism-the-golden-age-of-american-news/#comment-16162 pch1013, The solution is in the future, when the Internet will provide us with a multitude of voices competing in a freewheeling marketplace of ideas. Britney fans will be able to follow every one of her burps and stumbles 24 hours a day. Others can choose not to. Think market segmentation applied to news. pch1013, The solution is in the future, when the Internet will provide us with a multitude of voices competing in a freewheeling marketplace of ideas. Britney fans will be able to follow every one of her burps and stumbles 24 hours a day. Others can choose not to. Think market segmentation applied to news.

]]> By: pch1013 http://pjmedia.com/blog/yellow_journalism_the_best_jou/#comment-16161 pch1013 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:44:59 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/yellow-journalism-the-golden-age-of-american-news/#comment-16161 So the problem with American journalism is not too much coverage of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, but too <i>little</i>? So the problem with American journalism is not too much coverage of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, but too little?

]]> By: John Moore http://pjmedia.com/blog/yellow_journalism_the_best_jou/#comment-16160 John Moore Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:42:18 +0000 http://dev.pajamasmedia.com/blog/yellow-journalism-the-golden-age-of-american-news/#comment-16160 Well said! And too true. Today journalism represents the view of an elite who live apart from the people in their own echo chamber. Thank goodness for Murdoch, who understands what real people want, with his own experience in overseas "yellow" journalism. Well said! And too true. Today journalism represents the view of an elite who live apart from the people in their own echo chamber.

Thank goodness for Murdoch, who understands what real people want, with his own experience in overseas “yellow” journalism.

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