[lit-ideas] Re: News via the web
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lit-Ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 19:23:55 -0800
Since we're discussing the effectiveness of the American media, there's a
long article in the Atlantic Monthly by
Howell Raines, until recently the executive editor of the New York Times.
After a 25-year career at the NYT, he writes about the NYT's internal
culture, journalism, quality, and significance.
It's the most devastating account of the NYT (well, of any newspaper) I've
ever read.
Readership of the NYT is dismally low, mostly due to its inferior reporting,
indifferent staff, out-of-touch editors, and yes, its provincialism. The NYT
is deeply aware of their problems, yet their institutional forces refuse to
change.
The article in the Atlantic Monthly is worth reading, if you read the NYT,
or you follow the state of the media in the USA. One wonders what will
become of American newspapers. The American TV news desks aren't much
either.
Short introduction to Raines' article at
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/05/raines-excerpts.htm
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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