Cliches don't make change and don't solve problems.
There are plenty of responsible media outlets out there, struggling to keep going. Try reading some. Try contributing to some: many of the best have become non-profits. Some of the very best are produced on a shoestring by people who are amazingly dedicated, or they would not be willing to do the work they do for what they get paid.
Let’s see… I support The Nation Mother Jones, TPM, The American Prospect, Anand Giridharadas, Laura Flanders, The Intercept, The New Republic, LFAA, all the podcasts at Cafe and more, but the problem with small outlets is there are so many, the competition for scarce dollars limits their ability.
I also subscribe to The Independent (guilty tabloid junky), NYT, WaPo and The Guardian. I’m knowledge rich and subscription poor.
I prefer to keep my posts short and snappy vs. some long drawn out tome. My H.S. English teacher taught me that if you can’t say it in a 50 word paragraph, maybe you don’t have anything to say.
Christopher, sounds like rationalization to me. Tell me: did you think a cliche was saying something meaningful to the conversation? Your HS teacher may have been right with his idea of a 50 word paragraph, but the way I was taught that is that by putting something down in a few sentences, you begin to see the relationships between thoughts. I was also taught to just begin writing: usually the theme becomes clear after getting the bits and pieces down. Often I found that the piece I was writing began in the third paragraph; the first two were just leading me there. You might try that and discover you actually have something other people might want to hear instead of stuff just taking up space.
The business of news today isn't news, the business of news is business.
Cliches don't make change and don't solve problems.
There are plenty of responsible media outlets out there, struggling to keep going. Try reading some. Try contributing to some: many of the best have become non-profits. Some of the very best are produced on a shoestring by people who are amazingly dedicated, or they would not be willing to do the work they do for what they get paid.
Let’s see… I support The Nation Mother Jones, TPM, The American Prospect, Anand Giridharadas, Laura Flanders, The Intercept, The New Republic, LFAA, all the podcasts at Cafe and more, but the problem with small outlets is there are so many, the competition for scarce dollars limits their ability.
I also subscribe to The Independent (guilty tabloid junky), NYT, WaPo and The Guardian. I’m knowledge rich and subscription poor.
I prefer to keep my posts short and snappy vs. some long drawn out tome. My H.S. English teacher taught me that if you can’t say it in a 50 word paragraph, maybe you don’t have anything to say.
Now I’ve broken my own rule, and so it goes.
Christopher, sounds like rationalization to me. Tell me: did you think a cliche was saying something meaningful to the conversation? Your HS teacher may have been right with his idea of a 50 word paragraph, but the way I was taught that is that by putting something down in a few sentences, you begin to see the relationships between thoughts. I was also taught to just begin writing: usually the theme becomes clear after getting the bits and pieces down. Often I found that the piece I was writing began in the third paragraph; the first two were just leading me there. You might try that and discover you actually have something other people might want to hear instead of stuff just taking up space.