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Cyclonscin said:
People absolutely can get their news for free online. Virtually all of the same information is out there and doesn't cost a dime. Sure, there's a lot more nonsense to sift through, but it also allows readers to learn about events from different perspectives (not that people do this often enough).

I view print media a lot like taxi companies who haven't tried to offer a competitive product to Uber/Lyft - a dying industry that could have evolved or try to compete with newer & better alternatives but chose to hold on as long as possible.
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The problem is who’s going to supply that news for free distribution online if print media goes under? So much of the “free news” online starts at for-profit news outlets, then is retweeted/reposted by others.

I agree legacy news media needed to do more to stay ahead of online trends and the changes in how people consume news. The choices they made, though, have been head-scratching (as I mentioned, making your primary product worse with poorer reporting/earlier deadlines, but also things like every damn newspaper/local TV/radio website is the same; packed with spammy adware, links to sites that look like news but are only harvesting clicks, and the wildest, most outrageous photos that don’t even match what the site is about. Why should we trust your news coverage when your website is a cesspool of never ending crap and scams designed only to bolster your own ad income?).
 
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The old adage is you get what you pay for. That's mostly true with journalism, too. I place more reliance on legacy publishers, whether publishing in print or online, than the myriad of other news sources. Some of those are good, but may have to check the background of the publisher to see what they are all about.

Randy works for the DMR, not the ISU AD. Kind of a balancing act being assigned long term to a school's athletics but trying to maintain an arm's length relationship with sources.
 
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KidSilverhair said:
My wife and I used to work in newspapers.
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I mean most of us delivered papers as kids. That doesn't make us experts. ;)

I do agree that the product sucks, and that's a shame. We need accurate unbiased news, it's almost impossible to find. And the end result is the cesspool we see online everyday.

Regarding Randy, if you keep listening, he can barely follow up as he's laughing. He took it OK. But yeah, the original question was silly, TJ's response was weird, and Randy's comment was just bad.
 
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Just saying, the wall street journal is doing quite well still. Well staffed. 1st rate reporting in a wide range of topics . Fine editorial opinion pieces. Adapted well to the digital subscription world.
 
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farcyted said:
Just saying, the wall street journal is doing quite well still. Well staffed. 1st rate reporting in a wide range of topics . Fine editorial opinion pieces. Adapted well to the digital subscription world.
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Not your normal daily.
 
Can the DMR please send Randy to Ferentz's press conference and have him ask Kirk if the Iowa offense has enough gas left in the tank? Or at least have whoever they usually send to that ask the same question. I bet you'd get quite the answer on that one then they'd probably take away their press access afterwards LOL
 
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Randy is just hanging on. He obviously needs the money. And the profile. Cried about losses of freebies and perks for media. Randy is not very good at his job. IMO the DMR is just keeping him to ride out his time. Iowa State athletics is not their priority. They don’t really care.
 
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