Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina offered: >> It goes on to say that it would be wonderful if publishers looked at the study and decided that profits would rise if the improved quality, but that they won't do that because they are only interested in making more money right now.<<<<<<<<< Hi Tina, It's called, "HAIL THE BEAN COUNTERS! Be damned with logical common sense! Full speed ahead, cut staff and quality! Equals more money for us and the share holders!!" We can equate this to some degree to magazines, rotogravure sections and the evolution of TV! Certainly when it came to "advertising on TV" that killed off the mags & roto sections. The attitude was "Oh my TV is the only way to go for attention grabbing because everyone else is doing it." So cut the LIFE, LOOK advertising budgets and all the other visual sections for a spot on TV of 30 seconds or less. Good economic sense? Not on your life! Only to find viewers all went to the toilet when the commercials came on. At least when it was in magazine form many people took their reading material to the throne. :-) Now look at the absolute TV garbage that flashes by on the idiot box considered entertainment or worse, "NEWS!" All those wonderful publications died only to give birth to the slut magazines at grocery store check outs. But I suppose the mentally challenged types who buy them are more interested in which Hollywood whore is knocked up by whomever is more important than the world scene. Heck even the local scene for longer than 30 seconds news clip. It's called human race values are going down the drain faster than you can spit these days. Given a look at where the planet and people are barking and biting at each other every day. Was there "good old days of photojournalism and reporting?" You bet your sweet ass there was and I'm glad I was there and not doing it today! :-( OK crew a bit long, but that's life! :-( ted