Woah, is this real? Talk about living in a bubble.

[Apollo]

I consider myself a liberal/progressive, but sometimes you people go overboard.

Stop acting like companies are out for anything but profit. They exist to make profit. If they aren't making a profit, they will cease to exist. They dont give a shit what a bunch of oversensitive liberals think about their cover choices accross continents.

BBC is so good and so unbiased because it is a state run media outlet that gets it's money regardless of what they run. I guess they figured they might as well run good stuff.

 

[Ram]

Ram:

Apollo:

Chill. I think it's just weird that Americans need a totally different cover in order to make more sales. Críostóir nailed it.

 

[Apollo]

Ram:

Apollo:

Chill. I think it's just weird that Americans need a totally different cover in order to make more sales. Críostóir nailed it.

Sorry, I didnt mean to come off as angry.

A few people in this thread seemed to think that the very fabric of journalism was being attacked by changing covers. It just seemed entirely absurd.

 

[Asenath]

I don't think it's a "the very fabric of journalism was being attacked. . ." issue as much as it is a "pandering to the knuckle-draggers, instead of getting good, artful and insightful images" issue.

 

[Apollo]

I don't think it's a "the very fabric of journalism was being attacked. . ." issue as much as it is a "pandering to the knuckle-draggers, instead of getting good, artful and insightful images" issue.

THe way some people were talking, they felt as if the very idea of journalism was being attacked,

 

[Críostóir]

THe way some people were talking, they felt as if the very idea of journalism was being attacked,

Well, this is a business decision that reflects a reality partially shaped by the decline of American journalism, which in turn has been brought about partly by the web (harder to sell magazines these days) and partially by decades of tragedy-of-the-commons business decisions to pander to the knuckle-draggers.

So no, this isn't journalism being attacked, but it's a symptom of journalism being moribund in the US.

 

[Apollo]

Well, this is a business decision that reflects a reality partially shaped by the decline of American journalism, which in turn has been brought about partly by the web (harder to sell magazines these days) and partially by decades of tragedy-of-the-commons business decisions to pander to the knuckle-draggers.

So no, this isn't journalism being attacked, but it's a symptom of journalism being moribund in the US.

And I completely agree with you. I just thought people were going a little overboard in this thread.

 

[Apollo]

You really have no clue, do you?

Clue about what? That you went completely overboard in this thread?

Actually to cut this off quick. I no longer participate in JUB debates. (watch I get in one soon) soooo say what you want, and make it count.