1.0 link 199066 <![CDATA[Online News is Not Arianna Huffington's Dastardly Plot to Destroy the Newspaper Industry And Other Reality-Based Observations]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/online-news-is-not-ariann_b_199066.html John Kerry's Senate Committee hearing on the future of journalism evidently turned into a bunch of self-congratulatory wanking about how important newspapers are to our American way of life:

"High-end journalism is dying in America," testified David Simon, creator of HBO's "The Wire," who wore an open-collar black sport shirt for the somber occasion.

Simon was invited to testify at a hearing on journalism because. . . well, because he created a cool TV show and...

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