Rocky Mountain News "tweets" dead boy's funeral, now (thankfully) being savaged

You aren't John Paul Stevens?

 

Re: Rocky Mountain News "tweets" dead boy's funeral, now (thankfully) being sava

If you are, please continue not retiring until a Democrat is sworn in.

 

The shame of it is, there was some really good work done by journalists on this story. The stories and photo galleries are very well done. Too bad that it is overshadowed by the Twittering.

 

Temple writes about it and, yup, defends it in a way.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/12/temple-new-tech-raises-taste-questions/

 

Of course he was going to defend it.

Twitter isn't evil. It probably could be a benefit for reporters.

But Twitter used in this way at this child's funeral was a horrible decision. Any manager - Temple or others - who did not realize the grossness early and and say "FUCKING STOP NOW!" should have their ass chewed mightily.

As has been said, just because you can does not mean you should.

 

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According to the comments, he's getting skewered by his own readers, too.

 

I'm glad to see these bastards getting roasted by their own readers. That arrogant ass acts like he's above it all and the newspaper didn't make a mistake. Mr. Temple is out of touch with technology and in what forms it should be used and when.

This is why newspapers are dying. We have no idea what our product is any more or how to present it. When will these dumbasses learn??? Print the damn newspaper, let it stand on its own, and don't fucking give it away for free on the Internet. Take your damn papers off the Internet. It's called a "Newspaper" for a reason, not a "Netpaper." And as for all these gadgets, let the tech gurus figure out a way they can create advertising revenue and then try adapting that to your product.

I hate this business now.

 

YH, unless you can get all of the nation's newspapers to do this at once -- or at least a handful of the most influential -- that horse has long left the barn, and the barn has burned down.

 

I thought this one was interesting...


Temple, you are an idiot. As someone who worked for you for years, I always knew this. But, this rises to a new level of insensitivity and stupidity-- even for you. The very insult of him sitting there keying out those twitters during a funeral is so obvious. Imagine if you were the parent -- say it was Hannah when she was 3 -- and some jerk was sitting out there "twittering." What does that have to do with First Amendment or right to know? Don't you see the invasion? It is absurd for you to even try to defend that. Again, you are an idiot. Always were, always will be.

 

Guy next to me on a treadmill the other day -- a guy with money and brains, way-early retired, with a copy of the NY Times in front of him (guess for when he rides the bikes, since reading on a treadmill is too tricky) -- turns and asks me, "Why do I spend a buck for this while my kid goes online and reads the same stories for free?"

I could only say, good question. Maybe so you can read it at the fitness club while on the stationary bike? Or maybe more money than brains?

 

Maybe if just one or two would do it, the rest of the industry would follow. And I'm dead serious, if newspapers would do this, their prodcut would be preserved. You make people choose either an online or a print product. You don't give it away and then expect the same people to buy it for the printed version.

It would work. Some readers will still be lost eventually, but it would work.