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Jason Whitlock and David Simon on the newspaper industry
For those of you interested in the troubling state of affairs in the newspaper industry — how we got here, what can be done to right the ship, etc. — you may want to tune into the Jim Rome Show this afternoon at 12:06 p.m. on Austin’s 1300 AM The Zone (or online). Wonderful Kansas City Star sports columnist Jason Whitlock is subbing for Rome, and will apparently use the second two hours of the show to give his take on the newspaper/media business. He teased it with the fact that he intends to pull no punches.
And for fans of “The Wire,” you will be especially interested because Whitlock will have the brilliant David Simon, creator of HBO’s beloved cop/news drama, on as a guest to give his opinions. Simon wrote a fantastic article in the Jan. 28 edition of The Washington Post entitled “Does the News Matter to Anyone Anymore”, in which he sounded the alarm by bringing attention to the fact that newspapers losing reporters and resources is leading to a precipitous decline in public affairs and police reporting that leaves citizens vulnerable to an unquestioned bureaucracy and government.
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