How the times have changed

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/nyregion/24gerritsen.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper

If bloggers are not allowed to share truth in what they see in the world around them then what use is it have a blog. Protecting people from dangers in your neighborhood is a common courtesy thing to do, and if people are all up in arms because they are mad they have kids that can't behave, then they need to take a look around. Since when was it acceptable for kids to throw a solid chunk of ice at a pregnant women with her one-year old son? (From the Gerritsen Beach Blog, not the article) There has to be a point in time when people look at this information and see that something has to be done about it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/business/media/24latimes.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=todayspaper&adxnnlx=1296069417-ZwJeICUyiv4NGQEjGSmtgw

Glamorous aspects of life have dramatically gone down hill in recent years. Now days we consider the Jersey Shore, TMZ, and Facebook to be more interesting ways to spend our time. I can't point any fingers because I would much rather watch How I Met Your Mother or Netflix than CNN. Newspapers aren't dead, yet, and I don't think they will die completely, but when we start filling them with garbage like who is knocked up by who and the latest to enter rehab then we can also expect serious readership to go down. Interests of people change all the time and maybe in few decades people will want to get good, hard news, but for now it doesn't seem to be what the people are looking for.