Comments on: Of journalism and elephants http://adrianmonck.com/2008/07/of-journalism-and-elephants/ views on the news business Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: peter http://adrianmonck.com/2008/07/of-journalism-and-elephants/comment-page-1/#comment-914 peter Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:46:52 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=1204#comment-914 the situation in the US is very different to the UK. In the UK the major dailies compete with one another aggressively, and actually produce a significant number of the stories they distribute. In the US most newspapers are regional monopolies. They produce very little of the news they distribute. (de facto) Press releases and wire services dominate. "News is something someone wants suppressed. Everything else is just advertising". (Alf Harmsworth) By this definition I have seen weeks go by where the regional papers here in Colorado produce no news at all. the situation in the US is very different to the UK.

In the UK the major dailies compete with one another aggressively, and actually produce a significant number of the stories they distribute.

In the US most newspapers are regional monopolies. They produce very little of the news they distribute. (de facto) Press releases and wire services dominate.

“News is something someone wants suppressed. Everything else is just advertising”. (Alf Harmsworth) By this definition I have seen weeks go by where the regional papers here in Colorado produce no news at all.

]]> By: Seamus McCauley http://adrianmonck.com/2008/07/of-journalism-and-elephants/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Seamus McCauley Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:11:23 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=1204#comment-910 Ryan - nice Orwell reference (though Orwell is more <a href="http://www.dadblog.co.uk rel="nofollow">Lloyd's</a> bag really). Ryan - nice Orwell reference (though Orwell is more Lloyd’s bag really).

]]> By: Ryan Sholin http://adrianmonck.com/2008/07/of-journalism-and-elephants/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Ryan Sholin Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:47:19 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=1204#comment-908 How about "Shooting an elephant" ? How about “Shooting an elephant” ?

]]> By: Adrian Monck http://adrianmonck.com/2008/07/of-journalism-and-elephants/comment-page-1/#comment-899 Adrian Monck Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:44:28 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=1204#comment-899 I prefer yours! I prefer yours!

]]> By: Seamus McCauley http://adrianmonck.com/2008/07/of-journalism-and-elephants/comment-page-1/#comment-898 Seamus McCauley Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:41:38 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=1204#comment-898 "Of journalism and elephants" is what I nearly called my post. Damn! “Of journalism and elephants” is what I nearly called my post. Damn!

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