tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post4722364921631160232..comments2023-10-22T14:14:16.419+01:00Comments on J. Arthur MacNumpty: There Have Been Better SpringboardsWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978812670312106107noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-22326190799691685732009-10-03T12:37:09.794+01:002009-10-03T12:37:09.794+01:00I wonder if we will see evidence of the waning inf...I wonder if we will see evidence of the waning influence of the printed press with this SUN episode? I do seem to detect among some ordinary apolitical folks a bit of a suggestion of ‘whom the hell do the SUN think they are; aren’t they getting a bit up themselves about their self importance?’<br /><br />I appreciate that that’s about my individual experiences and therefore pretty subjective and episodal. There is, however, the more substantive matter of just how badly the printed media is failing to contend with competition from the new media of the Internet, online journals, blogs and the whole Web2 thing.<br /><br />The public now has more options on getting factual, quality information rather than tabloid journos’ scribblings that must cohere with their owners’ wishes (i.e. have you tried reading the Sunday Times in recent years?)<br /><br />All-in-all it makes for this episode being a potentially very instructive one.<br /> <br />Meantime; is it all as crude as Murdoch wants the BBC cut down and out, and having failed with Labour, he has offered support to Cameron in return for an attack on the Beeb? <br /><br />In that event, I say to Cameron tell them “I’ll get back to you on that”… because it seems very likely that Dave needs the SUN less than the SUN needs Dave (fortunately or fortunately as that may be).<br /><br />On the pathetic two faced so-called ‘Scottish’ SUN independence; should they opt to support the SNP for the next UK general election, Labour could do worse than produce and disseminate online everyday in Scotland the front page of the ‘English’ SUN. There have been some days when in London in recent years when I have saw the front page of the SUN and though ‘Wow, I wonder how that would go down in Scotland’ – could be mighty powerful ammunition for the the-Nats-are-just-tartan-Tories sentiment.Ted Harveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-3747103244250660692009-10-02T16:20:05.683+01:002009-10-02T16:20:05.683+01:00The Sun's defection said more about the paper ...The Sun's defection said more about the paper than it did Labour - juvenile attention seeking, for example. The media hype has been vastly over-egged, but as has often noticed, the media (especially the political media) is rarely happier than when discussing itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-66477923554671211852009-10-02T07:45:48.070+01:002009-10-02T07:45:48.070+01:00Good stuff, Will, but I'll remember some of wh...Good stuff, Will, but I'll remember some of what you say the next time the Nats are complaining about unfavourable press coverage ;0)Stuart Wintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02772436419630464325noreply@blogger.com