Friday, November 05, 2004
I stopped paying the Times tax today
A dollar a day and then $4.50 on Sundays—I think paying over 500 bucks for the privilege of risking a coronary is too much. AP, Knight-Ridder... Still SCLM, but at least I still don't have to wonder why Judith "Kneepads" Miller still has a job, or listen to Dan "Bud Man" Okrent explain to me again why his readers are wrong and abusive.
Anyhow, it's clear that the Times really doesn't want to be in the news business for much longer. The news had a good ride, but it's turning from a cash cow into a dog. Just like GM really makes its money on financing, not bending metal, the Times really isn't a newspaper anymore. I mean, what did they roll out this year? A new arts section, and a style magazine. The arts are great, so is style, but in the midst of a war? In the midst of the most important election campaign in a generation? Couldn't the newsroom have gotten some funding? Where your treasure is, there will your heart be.
So long, Paul! Find yourself a better outlet. Say, when is some billionaire going to throw some seed money to some new-line newsgathering organizations, anyhow?
Anyhow, it's clear that the Times really doesn't want to be in the news business for much longer. The news had a good ride, but it's turning from a cash cow into a dog. Just like GM really makes its money on financing, not bending metal, the Times really isn't a newspaper anymore. I mean, what did they roll out this year? A new arts section, and a style magazine. The arts are great, so is style, but in the midst of a war? In the midst of the most important election campaign in a generation? Couldn't the newsroom have gotten some funding? Where your treasure is, there will your heart be.
So long, Paul! Find yourself a better outlet. Say, when is some billionaire going to throw some seed money to some new-line newsgathering organizations, anyhow?
