It Is Just A Matter of Time (Blog #9)

It’s Just A Matter Of Time (Blog #9)

 

            So much has been going back and forth with the news these passed few weeks, it has gotten sickening.  I mean, I don’t mind politics, but I would like to see a little variety in the news from time to time.  It was even more sickening seeing just about every commercial between regular programming was an opportunity to bash a political candidate from the office of the Presidency on down.  It was to the point where my television was hardly turned on because of all the negative press. 

            The same is true of the printed press.  Political candidates who promised their constituents to support and look out for their best interest appeared to be more concerned with their own interest. 

            Even on the pages of Facebook, Google, and other website cover pages, so much negativity was featured literally forcing people to think twice about their political parties.  I know that for me, it was pretty close to the wire, before I had truly made up my mind.  I was looking for something positive to come from a negative campaign.  I will admit that it was one of the most negative campaigns I had been exposed to in recent years.  But, I am afraid that this is the direction of where social media is heading. 

            Do I think that there will be a need for the printed news source in the near future?  It isn’t so much that there will be a lack of the particular media, I am afraid that in the next five to ten years, the majority of our news sources will be obtained from online media sources.  My question with this is:  will it cost more to obtain online media versus the printed page?  Local news daily is less than a dollar with an offered discount to get it for the year.  Honestly, I am unimpressed with the local printed page merely because it offers me nothing to see or read.  I get three different sources of news on my smart phone and via my computer. And, I have to admit that I am more content with the quality of information I get from these three different sources.  Some of the stories that I read have the same bi-line, but they are clearly not the same story.  Am I more content to get my news from the social media instead of traditional news sources?  I would have to say that lately, I am.  And, as much of a strong proponent as I am of the printed page, I would have to say that I am being pulled in the direction of news that I am able to get from social media.   

            Again, I am pretty sure that it is just a matter of time before we are not decreasing the size of the forest anymore to make paper to print newspapers.  And, as much as I am wanting to save the forest for the next person, I am still ll for getting my news source from someplace else.

                                                                                                                        - JT