DISQUS

Dwight K Snider · 1 year ago

Speaking on the collapse of the Press-Telegram, checkout Dennis McDougal's opinion in today's Los Angeles Times under the headline: "Read it and weep: the perilous fall of the Press-Telegram." With the sub-headline: "The story of the Long Beach newspaper carries with it a warning about the future of community journalism."

"…As readers, we watch suburban dailies like the P-T wither and vanish at our collective peril. Blogs and weeklies simply can't fill the void because there's no substitute for local reporters covering local news every day in a local newspaper. When the call goes out to "stop the presses" these days, there's an increasing chance they won't ever start up again --and we're all the lesser for it."

(Source: Dennis McDougal, Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2008, Sunday Edition)

Middlebrow · 1 year ago

While the McDougal piece in the Times was certainly on target and insightful, I think even Dennis would agree that praise of that work should never get in the way of honnoring Pilsner Heroics of the type Mr. de Boom is engaged in.

Shall we lose the local newspaper and not have affordable beer with which to mourn its passing? Nay!

Andy · 1 year ago

Here's how I bring these stories together:

A similar story in the P-T would have resulted in blaming Gerrie Schipske for raising the cost of beer and celebrating the efforts of the LB Redevelopment Agency for causing it to go back down again.

freakmagnet · 1 year ago

"Hero" may be thrown around too often but "super genius"...not nearly enough. Thank you Mr. De Boom, thank you.

Lefty · 1 year ago

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"