March 24, 2009

The Bankruptcy of the NY Times

Anyone seen purchasing or reading this paper should be viewed with suspicious eyes. They are the hollow men, the stuffed men, the dead men who have not seen the light. People should drop this paper on the floor immediately and treat it like what it actually is, a dirty bomb, and slowly walk away from it. Case after case, the NY Times has printed faulty arguments for made up stories, and supported legislation and wars that have bankrupted the country.

Here is a case in point.

Propagandists and crack-pushers work at the Times. Anybody affiliated with such an paper should not be redeemed. May the day come when it loses its influence on the public mind.

In fact this does not just pertains to the Times but to all major publications in the US. The Age of the Press and Journalism is slowly coming to an end, the democratization of news is happening at a much faster rate than previously imagined. In less than a decade, the Post and the Times will be far less popular and prestigious. Internet publications will rise, and the landscape of journalism will not be filled with mere news makers but with broadcasters, investigative reporters and honest journalists. Will there still be corruption in these agencies? Sure. Will they kowtow to special interests? Sure. But will the public rely on one source for all of its news? No.

Mourning the death of newspapers is idiotic and reactionary. Let the times change, the future has better things in store for us when it comes to reporting and news commentary.