tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post7536062242939321485..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Kansas City Star web site publishing stale news storiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-78390923229081238992008-11-04T06:53:00.000-08:002008-11-04T06:53:00.000-08:00I now have started the NY Times for home delivery ...I now have started the NY Times for home delivery on Sunday. For a few bucks more it has taken me couple of days to get through all the Editions. Instead of approx. 30 mins with the KC Star. Try it, they offer 50% off the standard price for 8 weeks or 12 weeks. For around 3 bucks a week for the Sunday Edition you can see what a REAL paper looks like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-5024737258021069112008-11-03T18:36:00.000-08:002008-11-03T18:36:00.000-08:00The best thing that can happen.....shut the presse...The best thing that can happen.....shut the presses and EVERYBODY get off. It's a sorry mess and there is noway it can get better.<BR/><BR/>It now takes about 30 minutes to read the Sunday Edition of the Star. <BR/><BR/>The rest of the dailies the most copy is devoted to the obits. I'm just waiting to see the McClatchy name there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-52059046940396715272008-11-03T18:09:00.000-08:002008-11-03T18:09:00.000-08:00The common theme among the poor few that are left ...The common theme among the poor few that are left at any of the McClatchy papers is...who really cares. Some digital ME generation is posting the latest news on the Worl Wide Waste of time faster than AP can absorb it. Just click on your i-Phone,Blackberry etc. and watch the news AS IT HAPPENS. Want to know where Obama is, check your phone, Want to know who McCain is stumping...It's the digital age, the reporters, editors etc. are working with dried up play-doh while the digital age whizzes past them with the latest greatest new information spreading gadget. It (as NPR radio said) is almost viral. With FaceBook, MySpace etc. friends are texting friends and the news moves too fast for the printed media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-80538039050274763232008-11-03T17:24:00.000-08:002008-11-03T17:24:00.000-08:00So, are the writers over worked from taking storie...So, are the writers over worked from taking stories off the wire? Most of the news in our "A" section was not written by anyone at the paper. Copying must be a very hard job to do!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-44787272250259288382008-11-03T16:29:00.000-08:002008-11-03T16:29:00.000-08:003:54 Hit the nail on the head. I guess all the pa...3:54 Hit the nail on the head. I guess all the part-time temps their hiring aren't worth the money their being paid. Oh, and don't forget the ad for readers to write stories and post them on the web site. Remember they can't pay them but offer them a place in the digital world. Mabe it was one of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-78159937898071237872008-11-03T15:54:00.000-08:002008-11-03T15:54:00.000-08:00Unfortunately, this is the type of thing that happ...Unfortunately, this is the type of thing that happens when staff is cut down to a shoestring. I can't speak to this situation in particular, but at the McClatchy paper I was working at, the poor copy editors were so overloaded after losing people through attrition and the buyout, that big chunks just started falling through the cracks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-7706540156304628532008-11-03T08:09:00.000-08:002008-11-03T08:09:00.000-08:00Since the stories are 2 weeks old do we get a disc...Since the stories are 2 weeks old do we get a discounted rate on the price of the paper? Really I can't believe that anybody can try and justify that kind of reporting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-28195410128985563212008-11-02T20:34:00.000-08:002008-11-02T20:34:00.000-08:00Of course, it depends on the story. Some are more ...Of course, it depends on the story. Some are more evergreen than others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-52022264692535531412008-11-02T19:08:00.000-08:002008-11-02T19:08:00.000-08:00Thanks. I thought that story was stale. Nice to se...Thanks. I thought that story was stale. Nice to see someone is watching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-49968274813429523492008-11-02T18:44:00.000-08:002008-11-02T18:44:00.000-08:00News, my friend, is not like fine wine.News, my friend, is not like fine wine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com