Comments on: If It Bleeds, It Leads http://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/04/05/if-it-bleeds-it-leads/ It's about astronomy and space science and everything they touch. Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: ccp http://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/04/05/if-it-bleeds-it-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-1722 ccp Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:21:16 +0000 http://thespacewriter.com/wp/?p=2986#comment-1722 And you base this strange charge of "degeneracy" on what expertise? experience? Do tell? Did you read what I wrote? I pointed out CNN, but the problems were also evident on BEEB and other international sites I went to -- it wasn't limited to U.S. sites. I did not say the press is degenerate. I said it has its failings. There's a distinct difference, one that you should learn before you fling out terms like that. And you base this strange charge of “degeneracy” on what expertise? experience? Do tell?

Did you read what I wrote? I pointed out CNN, but the problems were also evident on BEEB and other international sites I went to — it wasn’t limited to U.S. sites.

I did not say the press is degenerate. I said it has its failings. There’s a distinct difference, one that you should learn before you fling out terms like that.

]]> By: changcho http://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/04/05/if-it-bleeds-it-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 changcho Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:05:23 +0000 http://thespacewriter.com/wp/?p=2986#comment-1721 "...just exactly what good is the “mainstream” media if it’s not covering stuff that millions of people do..." What you point out is one more symptom of the degeneracy of the mainstream US press. “…just exactly what good is the “mainstream” media if it’s not covering stuff that millions of people do…”

What you point out is one more symptom of the degeneracy of the mainstream US press.

]]> By: Astronomy Link List http://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/04/05/if-it-bleeds-it-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-1716 Astronomy Link List Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:56:48 +0000 http://thespacewriter.com/wp/?p=2986#comment-1716 This article has been added to the Astronomy Link List. This article has been added to the Astronomy Link List.

]]> By: ccp http://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/04/05/if-it-bleeds-it-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 ccp Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:38:54 +0000 http://thespacewriter.com/wp/?p=2986#comment-1715 See my response to the previous poster -- the media have always had an economic agenda and a political one -- it just depends on whose side of the fence you're on as to whether that's good or not. It costs money to pay people to gather news and write. Some of us are trained well, and that cost money, too. Should we do it for free? There's never been a perfect model for this -- the history of media is fraught with abuses by owners, writers, politicians -- you name it. The "new media" model is interesting, but news doesn't come free. You can browse lots of stuff for "free" now, but will that hold up? People who do this work deserve to earn a living. Media corporate giants depend on this. See my response to the previous poster — the media have always had an economic agenda and a political one — it just depends on whose side of the fence you’re on as to whether that’s good or not. It costs money to pay people to gather news and write. Some of us are trained well, and that cost money, too. Should we do it for free? There’s never been a perfect model for this — the history of media is fraught with abuses by owners, writers, politicians — you name it. The “new media” model is interesting, but news doesn’t come free. You can browse lots of stuff for “free” now, but will that hold up? People who do this work deserve to earn a living. Media corporate giants depend on this.

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