http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2108 A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:06:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2108/comment-page-1#comment-4121 Bene Diction Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archive/2109#comment-4121 When I see coverage of a mine disaster in WV I have to think X 10. (population Canada/US) I have to think a different set of rules for 24/7 news channels. I have to think advertising dollars and ratings.<br /><br />Thing is, 87% of people use TV as a primary news source. TV news doesn't have to stop presses, issue corrections, all TV has to do is update.<br /><br />I wonder what stopping the presses cost newspapers? What does uncritical consumption cost us?
Thing is, 87% of people use TV as a primary news source. TV news doesn't have to stop presses, issue corrections, all TV has to do is update.

I wonder what stopping the presses cost newspapers? What does uncritical consumption cost us?]]> http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2108/comment-page-1#comment-4122 writergirl Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archive/2109#comment-4122 Stopping the presses does cost a newspaper quite a bit of money. My newspaper stopped presses early Wednesday morning, after 1/3 of the papers had already been printed with the incorrect story about the miners' survival. An editor managed to cobble together a new story with the correct -- and more tragic -- information. This story ran in 2/3 of our press run; it would have cost far too much to discard the thousands of copies of papers with incorrect information (and besides that, we needed to get the paper on newsstands ASAP).<br /><br />Unfortunately, the misinformation was not corrected in time for most newspapers in the Eastern Time Zone (or even many in the Central Time Zone) to print the true, and tragic, story. The following day, almost all the newspapers that carried the incorrect story printed editors' notes along with a follow-up story on the front page, explaining why and how they got it wrong. <br /><br />Newspapers have their flaws, but I prefer them to cable news. At least newspapers acknowledge their errors and print corrections.
Unfortunately, the misinformation was not corrected in time for most newspapers in the Eastern Time Zone (or even many in the Central Time Zone) to print the true, and tragic, story. The following day, almost all the newspapers that carried the incorrect story printed editors' notes along with a follow-up story on the front page, explaining why and how they got it wrong.

Newspapers have their flaws, but I prefer them to cable news. At least newspapers acknowledge their errors and print corrections.]]>