tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post6977495688011930922..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: What I want to happen in newsroomschris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-82391527832147021972012-12-28T17:08:37.539-05:002012-12-28T17:08:37.539-05:00"Who would pay for it?"
That's why,..."Who would pay for it?"<br /><br />That's why, in part, you need the instigator to be someone who can afford to take the loss if the whole thing goes under.<br /><br />If there is a market for it, that market is pretty damn deprived right now, so it's hard to gauge the market. I something isn't being offered then no one is paying for it which makes it look like the market is zero, which it may be, or it may be that no one is paying for it because they can't. There's nothing for them to buy so they can't buy anything.<br /><br />-<br /><br />And this is aside from the fact that once upon a time newsrooms were expected to operate at a loss. They were something you did because it was worth doing, the rest of the company was there to pay for doing it.<br /><br />Also aside from the fact that right now there are plenty of profitable papers out there it's just that they're owned by companies who are heavily in debt which means that on their own they'd be fine but when combined with the debt of their owners they're constantly being pushed to cut back, which results in fewer sales, which results in more push to cut back.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-59912753304116753082012-12-28T16:51:07.563-05:002012-12-28T16:51:07.563-05:00Who would pay for it?
People don't pay for go...Who would pay for it?<br /><br />People don't pay for good quality news even when it's offered; they pay for celebrity pablum.<br /><br />And of course no advertiser would touch it.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-5669453614170965512012-12-28T14:51:17.760-05:002012-12-28T14:51:17.760-05:00I've been reading Ben Goldacre's books Bad...I've been reading Ben Goldacre's books <i>Bad Science</i> and <i>Bad Pharma</i> and (especially after the last one) am somewhat disillusioned about scientific journals. That said, this is still a wonderful idea. I'd love to see it happen.<br /><br />TRiG.TRiGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252536592916793907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-76117592639278623262012-12-27T22:32:20.465-05:002012-12-27T22:32:20.465-05:00That's an interesting idea. I'd love to se...That's an interesting idea. I'd love to see someone try it. I think they might run into trouble with "lie." "Lie" implies intent, which could be libel. "Not true" would be safer. We actually do have publications like this, to some degree, in the form of scientific journals. However, they are not under the misapprehension that they have access to some kind of objective truth. Everything, EVERYTHING, has a measure of uncertainty. Everything has error bars. Scientists are just more honest about publishing theirs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com