Newspaper readership continues to decline in the USofA, with online readership not even beginning to make up the staggering losses in print. The most recent study I could find was by the Pew Research Center in 2006, which shows that from 1993-2006 the percent of people in the USofA who read a newspaper, in print or online, declined from 58% to 40%.
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Journalism and other myths.
Streaming
When in doubt, you can always talk about the weather in polite Minnesota conversation. Since we usually have a doubt of some kind, Minnesotans tend towards weather as a reliable stand-by. It’s not controversial but it provides a nearly endless supply of entertainment much like driving a flaming bus through a wall of televisions, at least in the sense that it’s likely to be lethal.
A Fun Evening Ahead?
I just received an e-mail from a friend stating that I didn’t make any predictions for Super Tuesday, or at least not direct ones that can be pointed to and laughed at later. Being a Celt, it goes without saying that there’s no point in being interested in a sport if you don’t know how to handicap it for betting purposes. So here is not only my prediction but my handy guide to watching the results roll in tonight.
Make popcorn.
Feast or Famine II: The Wrath of John (Zogby)
This is a follow-up to today’s post on how nooze is either ignored or manufactured. In the middle of primary season, what could be better than the manufactured nooze of polling?
Feast or Famine
Feast or famine. It’s a cycle that you have to understand if you would like to predict the stories that will be in the newspapers tomorrow.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 