iPad enthusiasm? Cory Doctorow says “Journalism is looking for a daddy figure”

I think that the press has been all over the iPad because Apple puts on a good show, and because everyone in journalism-land is looking for a daddy figure who’ll promise them that their audience will go back to paying for their stuff.

 -read the entire article at BoingBoing

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2 thoughts on “iPad enthusiasm? Cory Doctorow says “Journalism is looking for a daddy figure”

  1. Journalism was already in decline before the Ipad was launched. What will you be writing about using you Ipad that will make you a better or worse journalist? Journalism is not dying, it’s just not the same. Will the popularity of the Ipad translate to better journalism? BIG NO! The demise of journalism started years ago when journalists started to write desperate articles just to get the information published. Now, it is mass media journalism. It’s got nothing to do with ethics or factual writing. Get the information or misinformation out and that is what journalism boils down to. To make it worse, bloggers think they are journalists! lol
    The Ipad will save Apple corporation but not Journalism