{"id":1846,"date":"2008-11-20T10:34:09","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2008-11-20T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2008-11-20T14:34:09","slug":"the-future-of-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/11\/20\/the-future-of-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of &#8220;News&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Observer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2008\/media\/crapulent-news-network?page=1%2C0\">has an interesting few pages<\/a> on CNN&#8217;s enormous spending on things that have very little, if anything, to do with actual newsgathering or analysis.\u00c2\u00a0 And it reminds me that I can&#8217;t remember the last time I watched CNN or turned to CNN.com for actual news.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve tuned into it to catch a live feed, but that was probably more a function of being the next channel in the progression than anything else.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 To be sure, CNN has a greater actual capacity to do original reporting around the planet than most any other organization I can think of.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet for all of that reach, they manage to filter it in such a way that it&#8217;s about a half inch deep by the time it hits your screen.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Their solution to that?\u00c2\u00a0 Will.i.am fake holograms and prettier graphics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Observer has an interesting few pages on CNN&#8217;s enormous spending on things that have very little, if anything, to do with actual newsgathering or analysis.\u00c2\u00a0 And it reminds me that I can&#8217;t remember the last time I watched CNN or turned to CNN.com for actual news.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve tuned into it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content-distribution","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The New York Observer has an interesting few pages on CNN&#039;s enormous spending on things that have very little, if anything, to do with actual newsgathering or analysis.\u00c2 And it reminds me that I can&#039;t remember the last time I watched CNN or turned to CNN.com for actual news.\u00c2 I&#039;m sure I&#039;ve tuned into it\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MB\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"distribution,society\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/11\/20\/the-future-of-news\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  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