Posted 10:15 AM by Gene

Another post from ROMY:

"...I think that American newspapers have taken a very serious wrong turn, and that aside from a few newspapers the quality of the product is in decline, especially for the reader, and I think that newspapers have forgotten that their readers are readers and love writing - writing is what people want. They don't want a sort of concept of journalism; they want writers. And writers are always individuals.

"This is what people turn to newspapers for. They don't turn to newspapers for advice and for personal service and for sort of glossy pieces about lifestyle and home decor and cooking and how to bring up your children. They're really looking to newspapers for the same thing that people looked to newspapers for back before television - television didn't change anything and USA Today didn't really change anything."

There are two ways of taking this: 1. This is GARRISON KEILLOR, and he's mad that papers aren't running enough BUSH=HITLER, or 2. We should take it as is. We will be generous today and go with 2., in which case we agree 100 percent with him.