Dallasblog.com comments on the continuing saga of newspapers gone bad/dead:
Writing obituaries is a crummy entry-level job at a newspaper, and no matter the circumstance, a depressing one. So it gives me no pleasure to write one now:
Our Newspaper Is Dead.
Argue if you wish that this is a temporary period of “transition” — what with long-time employees being asked to exit the newsroom with a shoebox of money under their arms and their tails between their legs — but during such a troubling time, shouldn’t the Dallas Morning News still crank out something resembling a must-read major metropolitan daily? OK, guys, so you lied about circulation and you’ve misled a few advertisers and your ownership seems more interested in real estate than in journalism and much of the heart and soul of your staff has been amputated, but. …
Aren’t you neverthless requires to produce a paper that motivates me to care about it?
