Posted by sigismund on July 22, 2018, at 20:12:42
In reply to Re: Paul Jay, posted by sigismund on July 22, 2018, at 14:20:00
No, no. A couple weeks ago I went to a convention at the, its called the IRE, Investigative Reporters and Editors; it was a group started in the 70s, in the wake of Watergate. And the conventions have slowed down in recent years as the economy has faltered, the newspapers have laid off people, and etc., etc. And Im not talking, Im not blaming the lack of reporting on lack of resources; theres still plenty of money to do the stories. But what happened, usually they have six, seven hundred; the last convention, just three weeks ago in Orlando, had 1,800 people sign up. Becauseheres my reading of ittheres so many young kids who are appalled by the rise of Trump, and Trumpism, and the vulgarity thats creeping in, much more so directly. Young kids are flocking back to journalism schools, because they see, still see journalism as a way to maybe get things changed. Theyre not running the venture capital like they were decades ago; theyre running the journalism. Eighteen hundred is an enormous crowd, of mostly young; people in journalism school, people in small newspapers, people in the internet. So I was wildly impressed by that, in a downtime when the markets bad, theres so much, theres stillBob, theres still a lot of people out there wanting to get more from the newspaper business that theyre getting, and the media business that theyre getting. And they, I think the whole Trump thing could be a boon for journalism in different forms. Newspapers are in trouble, but there are different forms. So I end up feeling pretty optimistic right now about newspapers, the future; today, no, were still, the main papers are still stuck in a rhythm thats just, I dont quite understand, they wont get out of it. But I think changes are coming. Im glad I did what I did now, because I do have something to say to young kids. And Im saying it. I go around saying it all the time. I think you do, too. I think what youre saying is, we do need a change. That it cant go on this way, because look where we are. Were in dire straits around the world. Were not liked, were disliked. Were waging war. Were seen as the most dangerous country in the world. All the polls show that, the approval polls, 42 percent of the people in the world dont like us, et cetera, et cetera. And so it has to change, or were in for someI dont know, the next generations will be in real trouble. So I think we still have time to change it.
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