Comments on: The New New Journalism http://www.miconian.com/2009/01/16/the-new-new-journalism/ Form and function fistfight in heaven. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:33:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben Kunz http://www.miconian.com/2009/01/16/the-new-new-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Ben Kunz Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:49:27 +0000 http://mediamandible.com/?p=282#comment-55 I like this return to raw honesty. At least it is authentic. If you go back to the early days of print, when Jonathan Swift made points about the Irish by suggesting the English eat their babies, the world was a pretty tough place and writers reflected that. Journalism was a fist; in the late 20th century it seemed more like a constipated belly. Trouble is the new (2000s) journalism and old (late 1900s) journalism are colliding: Adrants just got sued for making a tongue-in-cheek point about a fake Virgin America ad. Will be interesting few years as this blog-as-news thing sorts itself out. I like this return to raw honesty. At least it is authentic. If you go back to the early days of print, when Jonathan Swift made points about the Irish by suggesting the English eat their babies, the world was a pretty tough place and writers reflected that. Journalism was a fist; in the late 20th century it seemed more like a constipated belly.

Trouble is the new (2000s) journalism and old (late 1900s) journalism are colliding: Adrants just got sued for making a tongue-in-cheek point about a fake Virgin America ad. Will be interesting few years as this blog-as-news thing sorts itself out.

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