Don't discount it. One could as well say that "this is a curious time" for Boeing to suddenly rediscover engineering quality standards. Maybe so, but the change is necessary. If the LA Times once again becomes a reliable source of news, what is the harm? Soon-Shiong has been in the saddle since 2018, but has more than a full plate in the rest of his professional life, so this may be a case of responding to an alarm bell. Earlier, he had downsized the Times' staff by 20%. Interesting character. Every bit as impressive as Elon Musk.
True to a point. But things come and go. America doesn't buy very many buggy whips these days for a reason. Try to find a road map at your local gas station.
Newspapers are appealing to a rapidly declining audience.
And the audience is declining because the papers do not "add value," because they have become propaganda organs and the quality of reporting is low. I used to read the newspapers, but gave up in the 1980s because the news coverage was unreliable. It had many amenities (advertisements, movie listings, sports coverage, editorial page) that were nice to gloss, particularly for the local community. Key stories (e.g., matters at the Boeing Co.) are still covered by local reporters.
Don't scoff at road maps. if your cell coverage is spotty, you are out of luck. Now, if you've never learned to use a road map, you could have that view. Like running out of battery charge in an EV on a back road.
All true, but I too was raised in an age when roadmaps were widely used, and the Marine Corps taught me how to use them tactically and for using a compass to get from Point A to Point B. I could easily go back to using them... it's a skill you and I have that young people might find useful in coming days.
Too much reliance today on not thinking. For business travel, I kept a repertoire of maps for the cities I commonly visited. Upon getting a new destination, I would study the local map to get a general sense of the layout, the major freeways, and backup routes. I could navigate from the airport to my hotel, and to the meeting venue just fine. Had I been relying on a map app, no dice. In LA traffic, you can't be splitting your attention. And there is no reason to panic. In LA, there is ALWAYS a later opportunity to leave the freeway and get back on. I will admit to being stumped by Providence, Rhode Island. Good navigation right near the airport---but twisty cowpaths without signage after that. Took me a lot of effort to find my hotel at night. Had to return to the airport 3 times to recalibrate my mental compass and try again. Only drive there in daylight, and even then it is a crap shoot.
Yup. My little hometown paper recently just folded for good. We called it "The S____ County Scandalizer" because it printed just enough salacious gossip and court records to earn that name. Still it was a staple in our little mountain hometown, and I know a lot of people will miss it.
Don't discount it. One could as well say that "this is a curious time" for Boeing to suddenly rediscover engineering quality standards. Maybe so, but the change is necessary. If the LA Times once again becomes a reliable source of news, what is the harm? Soon-Shiong has been in the saddle since 2018, but has more than a full plate in the rest of his professional life, so this may be a case of responding to an alarm bell. Earlier, he had downsized the Times' staff by 20%. Interesting character. Every bit as impressive as Elon Musk.
True to a point. But things come and go. America doesn't buy very many buggy whips these days for a reason. Try to find a road map at your local gas station.
Newspapers are appealing to a rapidly declining audience.
And the audience is declining because the papers do not "add value," because they have become propaganda organs and the quality of reporting is low. I used to read the newspapers, but gave up in the 1980s because the news coverage was unreliable. It had many amenities (advertisements, movie listings, sports coverage, editorial page) that were nice to gloss, particularly for the local community. Key stories (e.g., matters at the Boeing Co.) are still covered by local reporters.
Don't scoff at road maps. if your cell coverage is spotty, you are out of luck. Now, if you've never learned to use a road map, you could have that view. Like running out of battery charge in an EV on a back road.
All true, but I too was raised in an age when roadmaps were widely used, and the Marine Corps taught me how to use them tactically and for using a compass to get from Point A to Point B. I could easily go back to using them... it's a skill you and I have that young people might find useful in coming days.
Too much reliance today on not thinking. For business travel, I kept a repertoire of maps for the cities I commonly visited. Upon getting a new destination, I would study the local map to get a general sense of the layout, the major freeways, and backup routes. I could navigate from the airport to my hotel, and to the meeting venue just fine. Had I been relying on a map app, no dice. In LA traffic, you can't be splitting your attention. And there is no reason to panic. In LA, there is ALWAYS a later opportunity to leave the freeway and get back on. I will admit to being stumped by Providence, Rhode Island. Good navigation right near the airport---but twisty cowpaths without signage after that. Took me a lot of effort to find my hotel at night. Had to return to the airport 3 times to recalibrate my mental compass and try again. Only drive there in daylight, and even then it is a crap shoot.
In ten years they will all disappear. Ad revenue for print media of all types is falling off of a cliff.
Yup. My little hometown paper recently just folded for good. We called it "The S____ County Scandalizer" because it printed just enough salacious gossip and court records to earn that name. Still it was a staple in our little mountain hometown, and I know a lot of people will miss it.