Comments on: Former Jobster CEO to ‘disrupt’ news industry http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/07/former-jobster-ceo-aims-to-disrupt-news-industry/ Where TV Finds the Future Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:47:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeremiah http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/07/former-jobster-ceo-aims-to-disrupt-news-industry/#comment-738521 Jeremiah Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:41:22 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/07/former-jobster-ceo-aims-to-disrupt-news-industry/#comment-738521 He may want to take a look at the litter-fest that is Yahoo's home page...that's what happens when you deliver "relevant, personalized news" to users. From a larger cultural point, these are bad ideas; our faltering Republic requires an (somewhat) educated citizenry. If all I want to read about are how wonderfully tax-protesters are doing in Federal courts, well, I may end up with something of a myopic view of the world. What say ye? He may want to take a look at the litter-fest that is Yahoo’s home page…that’s what happens when you deliver “relevant, personalized news” to users.

From a larger cultural point, these are bad ideas; our faltering Republic requires an (somewhat) educated citizenry. If all I want to read about are how wonderfully tax-protesters are doing in Federal courts, well, I may end up with something of a myopic view of the world.

What say ye?

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