Monthly Archives: March 2009

‘Indy’ media vs. MSM

On our new social networking site, roguecurrent.com, there’s a  Media Critics group, of which I’m a member. In one discussion about the future of the mainstream media, a writer identified as Pogo suggests that independent media will overtake the MSM. Following is my reply, in which I suggest that may not be the good thing that some [...]

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Good news for a change

We have a small room in the newsroom with a sink, coffee pot and microwave — and a cupboard that has become the unofficial posting site for various cartoons and clippings. Lately, it’s often included at least one clipping about the woes of some newspaper somewhere in the world (today’s offering: “P-I closure appears near”). [...]

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