Look, I’m really sad for all the ink-stained wretches who are losing their jobs at every newspaper and magazine in the universe and I’m even sad for some of the talking heads on, um, what’s that…oh, right, the nightly news. And, yes, I know it’s a danger to our democracy when everyone is using AI to simply copy and rewrite everyone else’s reports and the only actual reporter left in the world is some guy named Jimmy who lives in his mom’s basement in Peoria. Sad as I am, though, they brought it on themselves, and I’m not referring to any political or cultural bias, real or imagined, that permeates their reporting. Nope, they brought it on themselves by being really stupid. News coverage is supposed to be about something new, which should be really obvious to everyone working in the NEWS business. Maybe we should call it the No, Duh Business or the Captain Obvious Business, though, because I’m not learning anything new these days. Instead, here are some of the news stories I’ve been reading over the past several weeks:
That gap isn’t limited to politics. I’m reading too many sports stories that provide color and background and opinions and projections, but I’ll search in vain for the final score of the game. How hard would it be to change “the Bears’ loss,” to “the Bears’ 43-6 loss” or “the Bears’ 57-6 loss” or “the Bears’ 63-3 loss?” I know the Bears lost, as always, but it would be useful to know how badly. Fortunately, we don’t simply whine about problems at Dad Writes. Well, mostly we whine and also moan and kvetch, but we also come up with solutions to the world’s woes, and the failing media are no exception. Here’s how to turn things around, if it’s not too late already:
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