Comments on: Serious journalism – now eat your greens

By: Charlie Beckett

Charlie Beckett — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:13:00 +0000

Hi Adrian,
It was classic case (pun intended) of what you call the Chardonnay Syndrome. When journalists create new media businesses they produce what they would like to consume instead of what the public want or need. So you end up producing Pinot Noir when it is Chardonnay that sells. It doesn’t mean you can’t make fine wines, but don’t expect them to dominate the market. It was odd though that the welfare state Brits had to tell Americans about markets,
cheers
Charlie

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:49:00 +0000

Excellent insight. And therein lies the problem. Speaking of the U.S. for a moment, had there been more alternative news narratives available in the past few decades, Americans would have long ago pushed away from the table and liberated themselves from their high-chairs in search of more tasty and nutritious alternatives — tired of being force-fed someone else’s idea of what is good for them. That’s what’s happening online now. (Steve Boriss, The Future of News)