The Credibility Of A Newspaper Or News

Internet News Cycles Are By The Minute, And Any Fool Can Take A Headline From The Associated Press And Send It Out As News.

I Had Been At The Newspaper For A Few Months. It Wasn’t Regarded As The Paper, It Was Their Paper. There Was A Sense Of Community Because They Reported, We Reported, I Reported The Little Things, The Whist Drives, The Weddings, The Funerals, The Little Speeches. In One Sense It Was The Most Boring Copy In The World To Anyone Picking It Up, But, On The Other Hand, It Was Crucial To The People Who Lived In Those Communities.

My Wife [tina Brown] Co-founded The Daily Beast, So I Have No Hostility To The Web Or Internet. A Number Of Print Friends Of Mine Regard It As The Worst Thing That's Ever Happened, But I Don't.

I Think A Lot Of Newspapers Have Lost Touch With That Sense Of Community, Which So Impressed Me As A Teenager When I Had To Knock On People's Doors.

I Think America Has A Brilliant Future.