Press follies update

A couple of posts back, I remembered my journalist’s roots (long ago, far away, in a country lost to memory…) to complain of the Great Gray Lady (no longer) of 43rd Street’s peculiar use of the word “legacy.”

Now, continuing his theme of processing the entire blogosphere, Bora at Blog around the Clock, has compiled a sampling of web documentation of the continuing decline of American journalism. His links are essential reading.

Eternal vigilance, courtesy of Coturnix.

(See also Brad DeLong’s ongoing plaint: “Why oh why can’t we have a better press corps?” Latest installment here. I tried to connect to his full 1000+ item archive in this category, but the link ate my browser about four times, so you are on your own.)

Image: James Montgomery Flagg, World War I recruiting poster, 1917 or 1918. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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Tags: Decline, journalism, New York Times

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