Perhaps I should go back to buying the print version of the SMH, or decline altogether. The online SMH, at the moment, has a headline about Brad and Angelina splitting up, or something equally vapid. More stupid is it’s a feed from the Telegraph. Are they not competitors for our eyeballs?
I suppose as soon as one tabloid gets it, it’s now open slather. Well the tabloids have won, they seem to have taken over the content management of the once vaunted SMH. Is this just the online version or is this a harbinger of what we can expect from Herald journalists in the future?
The Australian hasn’t yet doused its integrity, the NY Times surely never will, yet the SMH seems intent on chasing the raggedy skirts of News.Ltd in a concerted effort to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
I’d suggest to the editorial powers that be, that your number is up. Ambulance chasing is never a pretty sight and even less a reason to read your site or newspaper.
2 responses so far ↓
Rosie // January 31, 2010 at 10:29 am |
I hear you. I generally go online for my news these days – I can avoid the ‘Brangelina Split’ bs if I don’t click the link.
The best thing I have seen in any paper lately was my local paper using a (3 year old) comment on the town I live in from Lonely Planet, to stir the pot. THAT was a good week for papers around here.
wollywally // February 7, 2010 at 4:53 am |
I love to read my community news, the letters to the editor are gem, and they can be really funny too, love ooxx