You have failed me for the last time, Admiral...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110701075.html


Los Angeles Times Editor Dean Baquet, who publicly told the parent Tribune Co. that he would not make more cuts in his newsroom, was forced out of his job yesterday, another example of the economic pressures afflicting large media companies.

The departure comes one month after former Times publisher Jeff Johnson was fired by Tribune for siding with Baquet and refusing to make more money-saving cuts after having made significant trims over the past few years.

Tomorrow I think I'll buy a newspaper. I'll need proof or the kids won't believe they used to exist.

Agreed, It's amazing what's happened the last five years.

Blogs and other more efficient outlets have all but taken over. I think we'll see about 1-2 more years of insane expansion in the internet news world and then we'll see a rebellion against it so that it is reduced to a manageable middleground.

People want their news fast and easily accessible but at the same time they will realize that the integrity and filtration provided by more conventional sources is important and necessary in our world.

Honestly, I think it will be good for the media in the long run. The public will now demand truth and quality from it's outlets, mediocrity will no longer be tolerated but the structure that a standard newspaper provides will still prove important.

Also, I'm a bit drunk so this may all be nonsense.