tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7395474789878236551..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Media Dinosaur: Up for SaleGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-42837645961307946912008-01-03T12:49:00.000-05:002008-01-03T12:49:00.000-05:00I've never read the Virginian-Pilot, but the sort ...I've never read the Virginian-Pilot, but the sort of arrogance exhibited by medium-market monopoly newspapers is typical, in cities too small to have competition. To wit: we're here as the "conscience" of the community and we're here to dictate what's news and how you should think about the issues. Time is running out for these dinosaurs. The sort of "advocacy" antics were appropriate while newspapering was a dynamic, highly-competitive, cut-throat business. Editorial bias was not only disclosed, it was celebrated. Everyone one knew, for example, that back in the day the Chicago Tribune was rabidly right-wing and reflected the views of its owners, principally "Col." McCormick. If you didn't like it, you could read something else, one of the half-dozen competing newspapers in the city. My grandfather used to complain that the Trib was so rotten, it arrived "packed in ice."Paul Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15876576362745819207noreply@blogger.com