Comments on: Information, I haz it: Shirky on how the problem of general cases that publishing solves has ceased to be a problem http://ihavenoideawhatiamdoing.com/2009/05/05/information-i-haz-it-how-the-problem-publishing-solves-has-ceased-to-be-a-problem/ Curiosity is the lives? Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:42:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Patrick http://ihavenoideawhatiamdoing.com/2009/05/05/information-i-haz-it-how-the-problem-publishing-solves-has-ceased-to-be-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Patrick Fri, 08 May 2009 22:55:11 +0000 http://ihavenoideawhatiamdoing.com/?p=1482#comment-549 Here's a rebuttal to the citizen journalism idea from David Simon, the Baltimore reporter who created The Wire testifying before congress. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/7/david_simon_creator_of_acclaimed_hbo He doesn't see much hope in the idea of amateurs being able to get anywhere near the access or hold the Powers That Be accountable as a real newspaper. He also thinks that most of the 'content' in the blogosphere is people commenting or reposting on news that is created the old fashioned way, by reporters. He also asserts that newspapers are / should be a profitable business but lost all their value in the process of being taken over by wall street, just as the solid real estate market was destroyed. I'm fine so long as the NYT hangs around. The O has never done anything for me anyway. Here’s a rebuttal to the citizen journalism idea from David Simon, the Baltimore reporter who created The Wire testifying before congress.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/7/david_simon_creator_of_acclaimed_hbo

He doesn’t see much hope in the idea of amateurs being able to get anywhere near the access or hold the Powers That Be accountable as a real newspaper. He also thinks that most of the ‘content’ in the blogosphere is people commenting or reposting on news that is created the old fashioned way, by reporters.

He also asserts that newspapers are / should be a profitable business but lost all their value in the process of being taken over by wall street, just as the solid real estate market was destroyed.

I’m fine so long as the NYT hangs around. The O has never done anything for me anyway.

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