Most of us would agree that turning the T.V. on to channels like CNN, MSNBC, or perhaps local network news that morning is sufficient enough to find the big headlines. I'm guilty for looking on the Newseum's Freedom Forum Web site for a quick glance of the day's big headlines. Roy Peter Clark, a senior scholar from the Poynter Institute, comments on how many of us are slacking the reading of the traditional newspaper, including Clark himself. As Clark puts it you need to read the newspaper "--emphasis on paper, not pixels."
Clark's article says that with the whirlwind of multimedia, most people are not reading the news. They're just absorbing it without catching its real meaning. Perhaps news venues like T.V. and Internet only give us one version of the story, rather than a unique way each of us can perceive it. Simply reading is sufficient; bells and whistles need not apply.
Which do you like better? I welcome your thoughts.
1 comment:
Reading print requires more time and commitment so I think we get more out of it.
But there is a place for both with each providing a different look at the same set of facts.
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