The Seattle Weekly's blog (far inferior to the SLOG, but I still read it) has an interesting post up about print news and the move to online news and Microsoft's role/interest in the switch. I think it zeros in on exactly why this move has the potential to really destroy ethical journalism if we are not careful. This move is already kind of happening in print journalism--in some newsrooms (usually those owned by the larger media conglomerates, but to some degree all over) the lines between advertising and news content have become very blurry and news has become really watered down (if not totally bastardized) as a result. April's Mother Jones has a great story that touches on this as well--I meant to write something about it, but haven't yet. The most resonant point for me can be summarized with this quote from the article:
"What's really at risk here is not the future of newspapers but of the news itself. While our democratic culture could survive the loss of the daily paper as we know it, it would be endangered without the kinds of reporting that it provides. It's the journalism, not the newsprint, that matters."
To read The Weekly's blog post, click this link and scroll down (their website is stupid that way).
For the Mother Jones article, click here.
For a cute picture of meerkats, click HERE.
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