Critics have accused newspapers as abandoning the inverted pyramid for of news casting. It is unfair to compare a newspaper with the television or radio. Anyone could argue that the television and radio relays news faster. Both are sent through airwaves and can be listened or watched at any time. The newspaper is more limited to options. It can only be published once a day (unless it is an online newspaper source). People speak much faster than the can read, so it is clear why it would seem like a television or a radio would be able to form stories into an inverted pyramid better, it takes less time and usually less words. People speak differently than they read, and you need more descriptive words and clearer sentences when you are reading, so naturally a newspaper story will have to approach a story slightly different than a television show or a radio station would.
I do agree with the argument that television does get the news faster, that is because there is news on the TV 24 hours a day. But with technology now, you can use a newspaper source just as often and it is usually up to the minute on its information as well. I think the argument that newspapers are not fast enough to deliver inverted pyramid stories (and that they should stick to detailed features) is an obsolete argument thanks to today’s online technologies and the ability to produce news at any time and it is readily accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Newspapers should stick with the inverted pyramid stories, for most readers attention spans will not keep them interested for a paper full of "features".
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
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