Granted, it's journalism

22 Feb 2009

My greatest fear with the challenges that newspapers face is the lack of
lengthy, rigorous investigative reporting. I doubt that the next
Woodward and Bernstein will be Twitter users: "OMG, R. Nixon's flunkies
broke into Wtrgte Htl." Somebody has to pay for this kind of reporting, and
if the public won't, I hope foundations do.
-- Guy Kawasaki

One problem: Many foundations get their wealth from the very same people or companies that are targets of muckraking journalists.

Posted by Jack D. Lail on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 11:35 AM

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You hit it on the head.

newscoma | February 22, 2009 1:06 PM | Reply

Where foundations "get their wealth" is quite irrelevant, because in most cases the influence of the founder fades very rapidly.

The real problem is that most wealthy foundations are run by over-privileged white liberals of the sort who edit too many of newspapers already.

j.a.m. | February 22, 2009 3:56 PM | Reply

Guy is wrong. Dead wrong. Look at what one motivated blogger did re: "Green Helmet Guy" http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/07/who-is-this-man.html

Look at what happened to Dan Rather. It's not about one reporter with an axe to grind, a la "Woodward and Bernstein", it's the power of the crowd that is replacing "professional" journalism.

@Stephen | February 22, 2009 7:37 PM | Reply

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