Funny piece from Amy Gahran on Poynter:
“You paid for this?…” he frowned, shaking his head. “How do you search it?”
“It’s not really searchable, but it’s scannable. See, you can open up the pages wide and see lots of stories.”
“Looks like mostly ads.”
“Well, yeah, this page is mostly ads…” I rifled further through, and tossed aside entire sheafs of pages. “But then some pages have several stories, usually at the front of the sections. There are no links, though.”
“You’re kidding! What good is this, then?”
But as Amy notes, lots of people like it. Some even swear by it.
Thanks, Howard. Yep, some of the smartest people I know swear by print newspapers, so that’s part of why I’ve decided to plunk down some money and give a paper a chance — despite my great skepticism about print news media.
– Amy Gahran
[…] From Howard Owens comes a link to a hilarious post by Amy Gahran at the Poynter Online site (where she edits the E-Media Tidbits feature). In it, she tries to describe this new information-delivery technology called a “news-paper” to her skeptical husband: “Check it out,” I said, “It’s a different kind of news delivery technology. It’s called a news-paper.” […]
[…] From Howard Owens comes a link to a hilarious post by Amy Gahran at the Poynter Online site (where she edits the E-Media Tidbits feature). In it, she tries to describe this new information-delivery technology called a “news-paper” to her skeptical husband: “Check it out,” I said, “It’s a different kind of news delivery technology. It’s called a news-paper.” […]
I tried clicking on a headline, and then an ad, and it didn’t take me anywhere. Is my internet connection down? Do I call tech support?