rooman wrote:

If we had no spin, just facts, music, ...no embellishment or editorial
policy pitch..then I might listen and or even buy papers again...

Maybe it's the retro-grouch in me, but I think it's important to read
newspapers. I don't devote hours and hours to current events, but I do
read one daily and a couple local weekly papers, in addition to reading
at least one weekly news magazine, hearing some radio news and seeing a
little on TV.

I'll admit, a good friend of mine is a newspaper publisher, so perhaps
I'm a bit biased - but I've been relying on newspapers for decades.
Sure, there's bias, but a good paper will have op-ed writers in
addition to its own editorials. Ours takes pains to have writers
expressing views from both sides of an issue. It gives one a good
opportunity to see who's making more sense - at least, if the reader
isn't blinded by his own bias.

As my friend pointed out, his newspaper's brought down corrupt local
politicians. I don't think television can do that as well. I don't
think they devote the money to patient investigative reporting.


It's interesting to me that when TV evening news decides to really do
up a story big, they give it a whole 30 seconds. Newspapers default to
at least ten times that much information.

- Frank Krygowski