Comments on: Where I find news http://wordlily.com/2007/08/07/where-i-find-news/ For the love of language (and some fiber arts, too) Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:18:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Blogs saving books? A conversation, part 1 « Word Lily http://wordlily.com/2007/08/07/where-i-find-news/#comment-1747 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:55:02 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/where-i-find-news/#comment-1747 [...] although not really discussed alongside, to my knowledge, is how major newspapers’ collective future has been in question for quite awhile now. The logical question is, then, what will replace these [...]

]]> By: The written word is dead? « Word Lily http://wordlily.com/2007/08/07/where-i-find-news/#comment-1097 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:20:28 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/where-i-find-news/#comment-1097 [...] content delivery, to make themselves available to online users, and also about how I’ve begun finding my news online.The above-linked piece on ad revenue more than hints that the printed word is dead, or at least [...]

]]> By: fletch http://wordlily.com/2007/08/07/where-i-find-news/#comment-785 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:21:34 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/where-i-find-news/#comment-785 Hmmm….I was almost going to comment in the preposition at the end of your last sentence…this being “Word Lily” and all….but then I had a look at this: http://wordlily.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/when-to-follow-the-rules/ and saw that, indeed you had already forgiven yourself. :-)

Definitely agree on online news sources! When 9-11 happened, I was dropping my nephew off at work when we were visiting them in Orlando. When I got home, he called to say to turn on the TV. He had seen the news online. The TV news hadn’t said anything yet when we turned the TV on. He had all sorts of updates, but TV was too slow….

]]> By: TAE http://wordlily.com/2007/08/07/where-i-find-news/#comment-784 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:55:39 +0000 http://wordlily.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/where-i-find-news/#comment-784 Broadcast TV doesn’t, in its present incarnation, have the flexibility to report on the fly. Course, cable stations such as CNN or Fox would have broken the story sooner than ABC’s nightly news, but the question remains “Would it have been faster than the bystander with his iPhone, taking pictures and blogging from the site?”

Hopefully that iPhone owner made a very quick entry and then helped with the rescue!

Even radio, which usually features newscasts ever hour, has the ability to break news before most TV.

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