Does anyone else think the LATimes sucks lately? Yes, actually... Stu Kreisman at Huffpo does, and LA Observed gets into the action as well.
While I'll admit that I read the paper itself very infrequently, I do consume a lot of news online. The LATimes website is also in a bad way, and its free for god's sake. I tried to make an effort to read it over NYTimes, but its just getting thinner and thinner.
Years ago, when the death of the newspaper industry started, I thought they were getting what they deserved for being so "out dated". After facing nearly a decade of bad news, corrupt government and now financial ruin, we need newspapers to be as strong and vibrant as ever. Bloggers cannot be expect to have the resources or time to do real investigative journalism. Not to mention that MANY people don't have computers, or read blogs.
Being from Seattle, I'm thankful that the Seattle Times still lives, but how long will it be before we have a major city in the US without a print paper? This is an increasingly scary thought.
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