The Reason Newspapers Must Never Die

Like this couldn't be a blog post.
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Moving though.

Undoubtedly a moving and important story (I'll definitely check it out), but ... the lede is a little treacly, don't you think?

Besides, this doesn't prove the need for the continued existence of newspapers. It proves the need for the continued existence of dedicated newsgathering organizations. Maybe they'll be newspapers (on newsprint) -- I hope so. But maybe they won't.

Chester--
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Wait 'til you get to the punch line. You can jump ahead.
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Attaturk posted this earlier at atrios' place.
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Sentimental, yes. Bittersweet, yes. Treacly, yeah, that too probably.
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And, as Jon Stewart's Senior Black Correspondent was talking about last night, kinda condescending.

Thank you for the link, Michael. I might not have seen the story otherwise and I found it very moving.

And yes, I did see Jon Stewart last night and I would have edited the story differently, but I didn't see it as condescending as much as an example of what John Steinbeck said we shall not only endure, but prevail.

I thought it was sweet.
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Michael, if you are reading, you made a point of how in comparison to Dole the McCain people believed they had a chance to win. Even going into the last week.
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You were inside and had excellent contacts.
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Newsweek is reporting that staff was debating whether to tell McCain before the 3rd debate that he wasn't going to win.
Do you feel that they deceived you and thus you gave what turned out to be bad information to your readers?

Great writing. The Web widens the news funnel and reduces the bottleneck, making it more likely such stories flow to readers. Increasingly, friends, citizen journalists, and future Eugene Allen's will tell these stories and be linked to in a decentralized meritocracy of information. This well-written story is no more a reason newspapers must never die than Peeps at Easter are a reason Wal-Mart must never die.

Thats just heartbreaking.
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That said, some of the wording seems...interesting. Is it acceptable to say "a black" or similar phrasing?

When the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow pianist Hazel Scott to perform at Constitution Hall because of her race, many letters poured into the White House decrying the DAR's position. First lady Bess Truman was a member of the organization, but she made no effort to get the DAR to alter its policy

When I was a fifth grader in 1967, I entered an essay contest sponsored by the DAR. The topic was famous inventors and my teacher assured me that mine was among the best submitted. It didn't win the award however. The inventor I had chosen to write about was George Washington Carver.

When the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow pianist Hazel Scott to perform at Constitution Hall because of her race, many letters poured into the White House decrying the DAR's position. First lady Bess Truman was a member of the organization, but she made no effort to get the DAR to alter its policy

When I was a fifth grader in 1967, I entered an essay contest sponsored by the DAR. The topic was famous inventors and my teacher a$$ured me that mine was among the best submitted. It didn't win the award however. The inventor I had chosen to write about was George Washington Carver.

That was Faulkner, not Steinback.
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And it's also sad, and moving. Having to shoo him out of the kitchen was a touching moment.

For anyone who enjoyed that article, allow me to recommend my favorite book.

Yeah kind of sweet story in a condescending kind of way. But I can see why newspapers should be kept yet unless I need my eyes checked this is also why proof readers should be kept -- the articles says he worked in the white house for over three decades but he started in 1952. Yes that's over three decades but the implication that it hovers around that timeline not that it nearly double that. What gives?

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Wil Haygood did a beutiful job of research, and weaved it into a narrative that is first class, in my opinion.
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I hope that all those political wranglers that are tempted to use racial hatred for political gain on behalf of their candidates get reminded of this.

MS:
Wil Haygood did a beutiful job of research, and weaved it into a narrative that is first class, in my opinion.
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I hope that all those political wranglers that are tempted to use r@cial h@tred for political gain on behalf of their candidates get reminded of this.

Very touching, my best friend who is African American have been discussing this election for the last six months. Up until then I hadn't seen him interested in politics. Over the last several months I have seen him find his political voice and express it.

Even if we didn't agree on the candidates, I was very happy for him and many of my other friends who feel they would never see this day come. We can all agree to disagree, and even when your ideals don't win the day, it is the diversity and the ability to have those ideals that make this country great.

I love the irony of Scherer linking to a story while saying newspapers must live.

Great story - I teared up - but the writing style was a little condescending. I hope they invite him to the WH.
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35 years from the first African-American member of the executive team to the first African-American National Security Advisor, and then 21 years to the first African-American President. We are living in an extraordinary time.