Comments on: HuffPo’s Eric Hippeau at IAB: ‘I Didn’t Kill Newspapers’ http://localonliner.com/2010/02/22/huffpo%e2%80%99s-eric-hippeau-at-iab-%e2%80%98i-didn%e2%80%99t-kill-newspapers%e2%80%99/ Peter Krasilovsky's Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jim Hobson http://localonliner.com/2010/02/22/huffpo%e2%80%99s-eric-hippeau-at-iab-%e2%80%98i-didn%e2%80%99t-kill-newspapers%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-193985 Jim Hobson Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:59:29 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=3099#comment-193985 There are two questions that I would enjoy seeing answered: 1. If journalists and reporters are truly "in the know" then why did they not see the huge impact of the migration toward "on demand" information (online) and prepare themselves accordingly? This principally means evolving from print to internet based news distribution. They obviously are not as smart as they perceive themselves. 2. Knowing that "content is king" why are journalists and reporters incapable of grasping that the majority of Americans who take an interest in "real news" such as politics, are not going to spend money on "news" that is blatantly biased, typically liberal to socialist, and certainly NOT what the public believes or wants? Is it because the mainstream media has abandoned its roots to report facts and has morphed into a propoganda machine for the left? Taking on a self appointed role to "guide society" was a huge mistake. In summary, the mainstream media is NOT providing what We The People want in either content or manner of availability. It all really illustrates how the mainstream media is out of touch with life and has totally misguided principles - business and moral. There are two questions that I would enjoy seeing answered:

1. If journalists and reporters are truly “in the know” then why did they not see the huge impact of the migration toward “on demand” information (online) and prepare themselves accordingly? This principally means evolving from print to internet based news distribution. They obviously are not as smart as they perceive themselves.

2. Knowing that “content is king” why are journalists and reporters incapable of grasping that the majority of Americans who take an interest in “real news” such as politics, are not going to spend money on “news” that is blatantly biased, typically liberal to socialist, and certainly NOT what the public believes or wants? Is it because the mainstream media has abandoned its roots to report facts and has morphed into a propoganda machine for the left? Taking on a self appointed role to “guide society” was a huge mistake.

In summary, the mainstream media is NOT providing what We The People want in either content or manner of availability. It all really illustrates how the mainstream media is out of touch with life and has totally misguided principles – business and moral.

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