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2009 October 28tags: CNN, Communication, Declining Press, Journalism, Media,Newspapers, Public Issues, Questions, Social Media, Technology, The Little

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When theNew York Times announced, on October 19, staff cuts of 100 in the news room, an information chill reverberated from Manhattan. Areduction of 8 percent of the news staff is a deep wound for those who seek truth. Last year 100 other news staffers at the Times were cut. Whatwill next year bring? The journalistic icon is not alone. Last year alone, reports National Public Radio, American newsrooms lostapproximately 5,900 jobs. That is a disaster.

We all know the reasons for tight news budgetsdecreasing advertising revenue, competing free web content, and high newspaper delivery

costs. No matter what the reasons, the forced Jenny Craig diet hitting newsrooms across the nation is resulting in enhanced national ignorance.And whats worse,we, the news consumers, are letting it happen, as if we have no part to play in finding a viable solution in thedelivery and consumption of news. News flash: Its not just news editors and media owners who have to figure out how to keep ahealthy press, the burden is just as much on the readers. You, me and our neighbors.

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Newspaper circulation is not the only problem. As CNNs ratings recently fell to abysmal levels in prime time, we all should worry. Arguablythe hardest working anchor on television, Anderson Cooper, should not be seen by a mere 211,000 viewers per night, as reported bythe Times on October 27. There are over 305 million people in the United States. That only a couple hundred thousand are viewing the mostaggressively produced news program on the tube is not only eye opening, but scary. In the case of CNNs prime time ratings, the issue is a lackof curiosity in an age of blog manianot just economics. The American news audience has been sucked into a state of complacencyandbelieves that entertainment and opinion is a legitimate substitute for cold, blunt news. As a result, programs like 360 lack substantial viewers.

Whether it be in print or on television, the conveyance of genuine information is being suffocated by technology, economics and inattention bythe consumer.

With all the available media choices, we are vastly uninformed about the facts that make up the news, but over-infused with opinion. Cablenews is not that at allit has morphed into Cable Opinion. American media has been hyper-opinionized with pundits, in large partdue to constrained budgets that try to make up for loss of reporting talent and resources. In order to get audiences, conflict amongtalking heads has been emphasized at the expense of reporting.

We need hard news and the resources to know what is happening in our frenetic world. Good journalism requires the researchers, theinvestigators, the reporters, the people that verify information, go to the story, smoke it out and do the hard and often dangerous labor to find

and report the facts. A free and informed nation cannot claim to know what is going on when news which is presented as mere analysis andspin. We have enough opinions to deal with per capita. Everyone is an expert these daysand the more we hear, the less we know if we donthave a wide range of objective news sources to decide issues and options for ourselves.

Media economics and consumer inattention is slowly suffocating the stream of information that reaches our households, and we get less andless input. The inevitable resultwe will know less about our world, our government, our health, our science, our arts andwell, oureverything.




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SharedEmergency is here for a number of reasons. First, the traditional media is failing the American public, and many stories and issuesare ignored. Next, I discuss ideas and issues by also advancing potential solutions, so I am not just identifying a topic, but trying toconstructively add to the voice of those seeking resolution of the problem. Third, I have ideas and like to write and broadcast in the "newmedia." Lastly, but most importantly, this blog is devoted to my son and his children, who I hope will inherit a better world.

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