TJ Simers on changes in Los Angeles Times sports section going into effect Monday

[tapintoamerica]

"Gone are the days of opening the morning newspaper, reading about the games the night before, checking out the box scores and being told what else is new in sports. What happens Monday night in Dodger Stadium will not be told in the newspaper until Wednesday, if at all."

Those days ended 25 years ago.

I mean, I get it on a basic level. I grew up reading the LA Times and it saddens me when I visit my folks and see what it is now.

But Simers comes across as a guy who just wasn't looking as the world pashed him by.

(Side note, after reading two of his blog posts: I hope Simers treated his copy editors well, because they had some heavy lifting to do.)

Agreed. If you're going to bash a newspaper for its substandard journalism, you must avoid run-on sentences.

 

[I Should Coco]

I certainly understand the drive and desire to present the news where readers younger than 70 are.

Unfortunately, our industry still hasn't figured out to reach those folks with advertising on websites, Facebook, etc.

As I and others have said many times, newspapers would dump the print edition in a heartbeat if it penciled out financially, because it's such a labor intensive, expensive and time consuming process.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Not surprised they're killing print.

He really hates them. darn. I thought I hated the forkers who repeatedly stabbed and eventually killed our paper(s). I guess he and I have at least one thing in common.

Doesn't like this guy, either: https://tjpage2.blog/2023/05/25/1663/

In the battle between TJ Simers and the LA Times, the winner is nobody.

 

[tapintoamerica]

In the battle between TJ Simers and the LA Times, the winner is nobody.

As Letterman once put it:
If Gary Coleman and Ricky Schroeder were to have a battle to the death with pool cues, who would win?
A) Gary Coleman
B) Ricky Schroeder
C) The television-viewing public

 

[Octave]

we called them 'featurized gamers' at one shoppe.

The game itself would get wedged in and nut graf adjusted as needed.

T.J. Simers is 72 years old, by the way, and every length of it.

 

[MeanGreenATO]

Simers illustrates exactly why newspapers struggled to catch up to the times. In 2023, absolutely no one should be waking up the next morning looking for a gamer.

 

[Slacker]

Not a fan of Plaschke, either. Saw this one from April ...

https://tjpage2.blog/2023/04/20/plaschke-is-either-sick-old-or-just-stinks/?amp=1

 

[tapintoamerica]

Not a fan of Plaschke, either. Saw this one from April ...

https://tjpage2.blog/2023/04/20/plaschke-is-either-sick-old-or-just-stinks/?amp=1

Wow. The bitterness is remarkable.

 

[Twirling Time]

Major dailies like the DMN and FWST have been doing this for years now. Writing basically pre-written columns/features and inserting the final score of the game as just a chef's kiss.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

The opposite of the Dave Kindred sunset.

 

[HanSenSE]

Major dailies like the DMN and FWST have been doing this for years now. Writing basically pre-written columns/features and inserting the final score of the game as just a chef's kiss.

Mitch Albom has entered the chat.

 

[HanSenSE]

Not a fan of Plaschke, either. Saw this one from April ...

https://tjpage2.blog/2023/04/20/plaschke-is-either-sick-old-or-just-stinks/?amp=1

Plaschke is a favorite target. Simers ripped him a new one a week or two ago after Plaschke wrote another "the Astros stole a World Series from the Dodgers" column.

That said, I do enjoy a good curmudgeon like Simers. And every now and then he'd write a column about some kids at the children's hospital who would like never go home that had me reaching for a blankie.