Um, too much information?
Everybody knows that traditional print journalism is on the way out. Why? Lazy citizens? Sensory overload? More convenient access? All of the above?
Dying papers like the Orange County Register are fighting a rear-guard action by turning their print edition into a dumbed-down website-looking format with lots of pictures and human interest stories for us idiots. And of course they have gone on-line with stuff like their political gossip column “Total Buzz.” Which might be better termed “Total Schmooze.”
OCR has been sinking for years, but it’s a big ship. I don’t read their drivel online, and their news reporters cannot keep up with blogs. They have hired inexperienced kids to cover news. Maybe the kids were cheaper, but this practice has cost OCR over the years because the kids lack talent. OCR’s reporters too often show their blatant bias, and the kids will use anyone’s press release by copying it verbatim and putting their names on it.