tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post4357434373364301212..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: The dichotomy of what we expect and what the Miami Herald actually delivers. by GeniusofdespairGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-28135522148120979512007-03-05T22:47:00.000-05:002007-03-05T22:47:00.000-05:00Can we do like the schools and have "Advanced Plac...Can we do like the schools and have "Advanced Placement" newspapers and media for adults?<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, this is a splendid idea. <BR/><BR/>Let's wait for the guy with all the strange vowels and consonant placements (Gyllenhaal) and suggest it.Geniusofdespairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-17362233957783681512007-03-04T13:25:00.000-05:002007-03-04T13:25:00.000-05:00I like to receive alot of newspapers even if I don...I like to receive alot of newspapers even if I don't read them all. It forces me to be exposed to issues, great or small, that are important to my life even if I don't yet know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-82198238247634438312007-03-04T10:41:00.000-05:002007-03-04T10:41:00.000-05:00Carl hit the nail on the head. I don't read the pa...Carl hit the nail on the head. I don't read the paper or listen to the news any more. I 'skim' the happenings looking for the things that may indeed affect my world. <BR/><BR/>Just give me the facts. My mind is too cluttered to be weighed down with gossip and trash.<BR/><BR/>This is part of the 'dumbing" down of America. You teach in the schools to the ability of lowest kid in class and in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-36559492320171130672007-03-04T08:33:00.000-05:002007-03-04T08:33:00.000-05:00It is not only me and the people who chose to comm...It is not only me and the people who chose to comment complaining about newspapers/reporting. Two reporters have weighed in:<BR/><BR/>On January 31st I quoted Dave Barry on news reporting. <BR/><BR/>In the newspaper today I am quoting from a fine reporter, Carl Hiaasen:<BR/>"But this is the new New Journalism, which is steered by a core belief that people would rather be smothered by seedy Geniusofdespairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-52415354411263085822007-03-03T21:20:00.000-05:002007-03-03T21:20:00.000-05:00I get three papers, NYT, FT, and WSJ but I love th...I get three papers, NYT, FT, and WSJ but I love the Herald. You can breeze thru that sucker in 5 minutes or less flat. Try that with the NYTs. I've given up trying to read the whole NYT article and just focus in the first few paragraphs. I don't think Norm Chomsky would be happy about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-28402598844994912282007-03-03T20:22:00.000-05:002007-03-03T20:22:00.000-05:00The Miami Herald used to be the "conservative" pap...The Miami Herald used to be the "conservative" paper when it was a two-paper town. The Miami News was the afternoon paper and took a decidedly "liberal" tilt. Now it has taken that far-left turn. However, a newspaper's role is to expose truth, regardless of political leanings, and on that matter, the Herald has failed miserably. The city has been swallowed up too much power in the hands of lunkheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083668881817334791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-22414976207571441512007-03-03T18:18:00.000-05:002007-03-03T18:18:00.000-05:00competition is good. I wouldn't want to see the s...competition is good. I wouldn't want to see the sun-sen disappear.Geniusofdespairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-86222549989821526902007-03-03T14:58:00.000-05:002007-03-03T14:58:00.000-05:00Living outside of the Herald delivery area, I'm tr...Living outside of the Herald delivery area, I'm trying to do my part for the Herald by stealing the Sun-Sentinel. If we could kill that rag, maybe some scale of economy would help the only decent paper in SoFla.<BR/><BR/>Nice blog. HT for ID of Bathroom door ink smudge syndrome! Now I know why I don't bother cleaning that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-13874342562585159322007-03-03T11:21:00.000-05:002007-03-03T11:21:00.000-05:00This blog just gets better and better!This blog just gets better and better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com