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Friday, July 03, 2009
Is it time to get a daily Enquirer subscription?
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
It is no secret that I have a long history of filing complaints with The Enquirer. There are tons of times I have criticized them for what I consider their substandard news coverage. But I’m not sure I want them to join the ranks of newspapers that have disappeared. I think part of me likes having The Enquirer around. But now that they are making more substantial cuts, I’m starting to wonder if I should care, and if I should do anything about it.
I remember, when word first leaked about The Post closing, how I tried to get a subscription. But the person who answered the phone also handled Enquirer subscriptions, and just tried to convince me to get one of those instead. I tried the online interface for subscriptions, and it didn’t work. I got frustrated, and gave up. Blamed The Enquirer.
But now I’m thinking I don’t want The Enquirer to go away. I want them to improve. I want them to do a better job. But I don’t think I want them to go away. I’m starting to wonder, though, if I should be worried. How many papers have disappeared in the last year or so? Will The Enquirer be next?
Is it time for me, and for others, to get a daily subscription? Or should we just watch them sink and say good riddance?
Surprisingly, I think I’m leaning toward the former. Thoughts?
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03 Jul 2009 at 09:59 pm | #
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Let the right wing rag commit suicide:
http://news.muckety.com/2007/11/07/heinz-prechter-leaves-a-legacy/200
05 Jul 2009 at 03:51 pm | #
Yes it would be unfortunate to see the Enquirer fold, but I see no way that it can exist in the manner that it exists today. I recall only a few years ago when the Enquirer was providing a number of sessions around town to get input from the public. It was too little too late in any case. At one of these session an editor revealed his contempt for email letters indicating that email was not a sincere means of communication. I believe this mentality speaks for itself. The Enquirer style is dead and needs to lie down.
Any future newspaper is going to have to put integrity and excellence ahead of advertisers and politics and they will have to be fully integrated and synchronized with their other acquired media forms such as radio, television and especially the internet. The newspaper need to be google-like in that they need to be considered as an user-friendly undisputed source of news and facts as well as a source that can be searched with confidence like was done years ago with encyclopaedia. It cannot be as commercial and cluttered and garbage ridden as Google.
Bottom line is let it die and maybe something viable will rise from the ashes.
06 Jul 2009 at 09:15 am | #
Buy a puppy and house train it using copies of the Enquirer!
06 Jul 2009 at 01:48 pm | #
As far as i’m concerned, the Enquirer isn’t a real newspaper anyway. Newspapers and journalism require things like ethics. The Enquirer doesn’t have any, as evidenced by the one-sided reporting. I believe whole heartedly that the editorial and news functions of newspapers is to be held separate which is something many critics don’t. Unfortunately, i think the conservative nature of the paper and it’s publishers blur that line too much.
I’d rather see the Enquirer fail and something else take its place than support it through a subscription.