Comments on: More job cuts at The Des Moines Register http://iowaindependent.com/7705/more-job-cuts-at-the-register Iowa politics, news, and commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:46:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Shane Vander Hart http://iowaindependent.com/7705/more-job-cuts-at-the-register/comment-page-1#comment-19842 Shane Vander Hart Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:09:18 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=7705#comment-19842 They are blaming the economy, but their circulation numbers have been going down for quite awhile. I agree with lovemyUSA's comment, but this has been a long time coming. I dropped my subscription last year when the editorial board was in lockstep with the statehouse Democrats on every pet project they ramrodded through the House and Senate. They are blaming the economy, but their circulation numbers have been going down for quite awhile. I agree with lovemyUSA's comment, but this has been a long time coming. I dropped my subscription last year when the editorial board was in lockstep with the statehouse Democrats on every pet project they ramrodded through the House and Senate.

]]> By: Shane Vander Hart http://iowaindependent.com/7705/more-job-cuts-at-the-register/comment-page-1#comment-14174 Shane Vander Hart Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:09:18 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=7705#comment-14174 They are blaming the economy, but their circulation numbers have been going down for quite awhile. I agree with lovemyUSA's comment, but this has been a long time coming. I dropped my subscription last year when the editorial board was in lockstep with the statehouse Democrats on every pet project they ramrodded through the House and Senate. They are blaming the economy, but their circulation numbers have been going down for quite awhile. I agree with lovemyUSA's comment, but this has been a long time coming. I dropped my subscription last year when the editorial board was in lockstep with the statehouse Democrats on every pet project they ramrodded through the House and Senate.

]]> By: lovemyUSA http://iowaindependent.com/7705/more-job-cuts-at-the-register/comment-page-1#comment-14133 lovemyUSA Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:35:24 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=7705#comment-14133 While I certainly hate to see people lose their jobs, I see that this action is a direct result of state newspapers being in lockstep with the major national news organizations. In losing their journalist ethics during the last two years, journalists have become less respected, and therefore their newspapers. Why do you think so many right-leaning talk shows are so popular? When I went to high school, graduating in 1968, I had been taught that journalism was about the 5 W's--and that you were supposed to report without bias. Back then we had the example of Watergate to show what true investigative reporting was all about. Based on the vetting--or should I say, non-vetting of Obama, people have seen that the journalism they grew up with is a dying institution. <br><br>Many have started refering to 2008 as the year journalism died. I have to agree. After seeing, and being embarrassed, by the way the Register handled the primary debates, I dropped my subscription in protest. During the Republican debate, the moderator--while looking like a scary prison matron, and not smiling--asked the most inane questions, and gave each candidate barely enough time to answer a question. Yet during the Democratic debate, she was smiling and relaxed in questioning the candidates. It was embarrassing for me, as an Iowan, to see our state represented in this way.<br><br>Unfortunately, the employees are the ones to suffer as a result of poor judgement by the newspapers. There has not been ANY serious investigation of Obama by any major newspaper. I have read that some journalists state that they are "writer's" when asked what they do, instead of professiong to be "journalist's". The "plumbers of Watergate" must be shaking their heads in wonderment over the fact that they would be able to get away with their crime in this day and age.... While I certainly hate to see people lose their jobs, I see that this action is a direct result of state newspapers being in lockstep with the major national news organizations. In losing their journalist ethics during the last two years, journalists have become less respected, and therefore their newspapers. Why do you think so many right-leaning talk shows are so popular? When I went to high school, graduating in 1968, I had been taught that journalism was about the 5 W's–and that you were supposed to report without bias. Back then we had the example of Watergate to show what true investigative reporting was all about. Based on the vetting–or should I say, non-vetting of Obama, people have seen that the journalism they grew up with is a dying institution.

Many have started refering to 2008 as the year journalism died. I have to agree. After seeing, and being embarrassed, by the way the Register handled the primary debates, I dropped my subscription in protest. During the Republican debate, the moderator–while looking like a scary prison matron, and not smiling–asked the most inane questions, and gave each candidate barely enough time to answer a question. Yet during the Democratic debate, she was smiling and relaxed in questioning the candidates. It was embarrassing for me, as an Iowan, to see our state represented in this way.

Unfortunately, the employees are the ones to suffer as a result of poor judgement by the newspapers. There has not been ANY serious investigation of Obama by any major newspaper. I have read that some journalists state that they are “writer's” when asked what they do, instead of professiong to be “journalist's”. The “plumbers of Watergate” must be shaking their heads in wonderment over the fact that they would be able to get away with their crime in this day and age….

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