How ironic that the lead article in the June 12 Ideas section ("Emphasis on 'creative class' puts cart before work horse," by Keith Debbage) should appear during a firestorm of protest from News & Record readers regarding the dropping of their favorite New York Times columnists.
This "creative class" is made up of educated, thoughtful, talented and cosmopolitan citizens who expect to keep abreast of world affairs. Be it political, technological, economic, philosophical or artistic, these people want easy access to quickly changing and newly emerging events. The expectation of a first-rate local newspaper is a given. With the prospect of new industry, a highly trained work force and quality growth at our fingertips, this is no time for Greensboro's only daily newspaper to become insular and provincial.
If your publisher thinks the cost of carrying the Times columnists is too high, he should ponder the cost to our community of doing without them.
Sherry A. Kelly
Greensboro
Comments (3)
Please Ms. Kelly spare us the elitism of the "creative class"and their needs for up to date information on the world. A newspaper is at least 12-48 hours behind on current world events. By the time the newspaper gets to print every TV news report has been all over the story. There is also the web which provides much more "instant" or current news on world news and opinion than newspapers can or have ever offered. If these "creative class" folks can't do without their daily dose of editorials of the NYT they can always go on line and read to their hearts content.I find much more on world news and opinion in the dozen or so nation and world wide newspapers that I read on line each morning than I ever could in our local papers.
I find local newspapers do best when they give the public an in-depth coverage of what is going on in the "local" area. If the "creative class" would take more time to read and keep up with the "local" situations I am sure that they would find that they suddenly live in a much more enlightened area than they realize. They could also be more aware of the local problems and be ready to use their creative abilities to solve these problems instead of worrying about what the editorial writers in the NYT would have them inhale each morning as they hurriedly swallowed their latte or what ever drink is popular with the "creative class" today.
Local papers are just that, local, and it is time they realize that, as the N&R has, an make an attempt at keeping ALL the people informed about local issues and leave the rest to other forms of media.
Posted by mrproduce | June 18, 2005 9:38 AM
I never knew what caused a sunset. I used to think it was a man on a mountain shining a flashlight through a Tru-Ade bottle. Whatever it is, it's mighty purdy.
Posted by steve | June 18, 2005 9:56 AM
It was an Orange Crush bottle in my day Steve.
Posted by mrproduce | June 18, 2005 12:29 PM