It is very simple to understand— “ money talks and bs walks”. Pardon the french, there. Lol. With Washington Post and CBS News, the days of Katherine Graham and Bill Paley are long gone. News is just another business these days— what a shame. Only ratings galore.
It is very simple to understand— “ money talks and bs walks”. Pardon the french, there. Lol. With Washington Post and CBS News, the days of Katherine Graham and Bill Paley are long gone. News is just another business these days— what a shame. Only ratings galore.
The news people of the mid and end of the 20th century were top notch journalists led by Dan Rather. I was at CBS for much of the same time and it was the Tiffany news division. We all miss it. Whoever is monitoring these Steady posts and threads I sure hope you can encourage Mr. Rather that there is a big following that would like his views on what WAPO did (or didn’t do). I share all your views of those that have cancelled subscriptions. I have not cancelled mine yet only because things can change. I hold little hope. These billionaire owners dance to their own music but I am willing to give them a few days (remember msnbc). Then, if they fail to alter, I will hit that cancel button with extreme glee.
I've been thinking large about this, and wondering if Bezos would lose so much money that he'd want to sell it. Wouldn't it be great if the staff and editors get enough funding to buy it back and make it a co-op?
Maybe Marty Baron would decide to come back in.
Then I realize that owning a medium is all about power. The moguls are reluctant to give up such power. Sigh.
Maybe change the FCC rules to develop sensible limits on owner overreach? (If I have the correct agency...)
They were professional journalists, following professional strictures and behavior. They (and we the audience) monitored one another in an unspoken way. If one of them had behaved the way the "bimbos" do now, that clown would have been laughed out of Dodge.
It is very simple to understand— “ money talks and bs walks”. Pardon the french, there. Lol. With Washington Post and CBS News, the days of Katherine Graham and Bill Paley are long gone. News is just another business these days— what a shame. Only ratings galore.
Murrow, Severeid, Kuralt, Smith, Cronkite, Rather, Pelly - more names from the past who were good at what they brought us -- the news.
Sure, you can say that again, Steve.
Thank you
The news people of the mid and end of the 20th century were top notch journalists led by Dan Rather. I was at CBS for much of the same time and it was the Tiffany news division. We all miss it. Whoever is monitoring these Steady posts and threads I sure hope you can encourage Mr. Rather that there is a big following that would like his views on what WAPO did (or didn’t do). I share all your views of those that have cancelled subscriptions. I have not cancelled mine yet only because things can change. I hold little hope. These billionaire owners dance to their own music but I am willing to give them a few days (remember msnbc). Then, if they fail to alter, I will hit that cancel button with extreme glee.
Were things (ownership and publisher) to change, I'd subscribe again.
I've been thinking large about this, and wondering if Bezos would lose so much money that he'd want to sell it. Wouldn't it be great if the staff and editors get enough funding to buy it back and make it a co-op?
Maybe Marty Baron would decide to come back in.
Then I realize that owning a medium is all about power. The moguls are reluctant to give up such power. Sigh.
Maybe change the FCC rules to develop sensible limits on owner overreach? (If I have the correct agency...)
They were professional journalists, following professional strictures and behavior. They (and we the audience) monitored one another in an unspoken way. If one of them had behaved the way the "bimbos" do now, that clown would have been laughed out of Dodge.