by Sproing
October 21, 2010 in JOURNALISM
A failing body is a battleground for antibodies and infections. The plight of the Chicago Tribune, the once-vital Gray Lady of Lake Michigan, is a case of the antibodies being too depleted in the face of overwhelming invasion. It’s also a fairly clear case of looting in the guise of medical triage, or missionary work as a front for conquest.
by Sproing
September 23, 2009 in Future Of Journalism
(Note: This is part of an ongoing journal of Sproing’s experience as a mite on the sickly hide of that dying beast, Old Media.)
It’s nice to have water piped in from a reservoir that doesn’t have corpses floating in it; to have warmth generated by something other than peat I cut myself from the neighboring bog; to travel by a road free of ruts and rapine-minded highwaymen. Yes, very nice, these utilities that I only notice when my kitchen tap runs brown for half a day, or the power bill goes up, or I get stuck in traffic.
Also nice: getting the news of the day delivered straight to my eyeballs, by whatever conveyance. I need not gather in the square to have the baron’s approved dispatches bellowed at me; I can instead consume news wherever I like, with reasonable confidence that it hasn’t been red-pencilled by a self-interested governing authority.
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