Image via WikipediaHere's an exchange with a reader in response to my previous post, Challenge to Mother Hen Deirdre?
- I'm with the previous poster, the Record nailed it with the nanny story. Listen, Victor, there's three topics that sell papers: sex, crime and sports. The Record should do more of that, not less.
- June 9, 2010 10:49 PM
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- I don't have a problem with the volume of coverage, except when it excludes legitimate news, but its placement on A-1 often is questionable. I know what sells papers, of course, but the editors are doing a disservice to readers in Hackensack and other towns by ignoring their concerns day after day. That's indefensible. The point I was trying to make with the nanny trial is that by covering it so well and putting it on the front of L-1, we convicted this woman, despite the jury verdict. The only reason I can see for the story making Page 1 is to try to rehabilitate the poor woman's image. The editors sacrificed this woman on the altar of selling papers. Even in the youth baseball series, you can see the corrosive influence of glorifying sports and the business of sports on the front page.
- June 10, 2010 10:30 AM
I went to BJ's to get a copy of Season Four of "The Wire." I'd seen it there less than two weeks earlier.
ReplyDeleteInstead, I found the entire space covered with box sets of "Poirot."
What gives?
"The Wire" wasn't selling, the manager said. One of the best shows EVER wasn't selling. So they tried another niche product.
It's their business. I'll just have to look elsewhere.....
"The Wire" was incredible, especially the newspaper stuff -- dead-on accurate.
ReplyDeleteYet no one watched, and the newspaper plotline -- with Simon graphically showing the death of newspapers -- also sounded the death knell for the series.
ReplyDeleteThe show about the vampires is doing extremely well, though. "Big Love" is a big hit. So HBO keeps the, and the stores stock the DVDs, because the numbers dictate what should be sold -- that's why they're in the business in the first place.
So go out and poll folks. Find out how many people in Hackensack give a rat's ass what's going on. Not reporting things only a scant minority want to know in the first place isn't irresponsible to the people who depend on the company for their paychecks. It's good business.
Again: If you care so much about what's going on there, report it yourself. Sell ads. Make money. And while you're at it, toss all that altruistic stuff out with the old newspapers. It's outdated.
So where's you get that info on the 7 percent tax hike? I'd like to do a story on it....
The Hackensack Chronicle carried a story on the proposed budget when it was introduced by the City Council. I'd say less than two weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteThe complete fourth and fifth seasons of "The Wire" are available on amazon.com for around $35 each. The fifth is about the newspaper.
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