Comments on: If the news is that important, it will find me http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Wednesday 28th May 2008 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-1/#comment-806515 Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Wednesday 28th May 2008 Wed, 28 May 2008 04:31:33 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-806515 [...] New York Times is getting an API. Remember that Indo and Irish Times. Maybe RTE will beat them both to an API to their news service? [...] [...] New York Times is getting an API. Remember that Indo and Irish Times. Maybe RTE will beat them both to an API to their news service? [...]

]]> By: Cian http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-1/#comment-801048 Cian Sun, 25 May 2008 17:33:03 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-801048 The "If the news is that important, it will find me" mindset is not something new. It pre-dates Bebo, Facebook and, even, the internet. The mindset is also present among newspaper readers -- many will hold the view that their choice of newspaper will get all the news that is, in their view, important to them. Which is often not true. Good to hear the Irish Times' pay-wall is coming down. The “If the news is that important, it will find me” mindset is not something new. It pre-dates Bebo, Facebook and, even, the internet.

The mindset is also present among newspaper readers — many will hold the view that their choice of newspaper will get all the news that is, in their view, important to them. Which is often not true.

Good to hear the Irish Times’ pay-wall is coming down.

]]> By: squid http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-1/#comment-792263 squid Wed, 21 May 2008 21:58:55 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-792263 It is pretty much the philosophy I would have when being accused of inequality when writing about politics. why are you writing about party x and not party Y. If party Y want coverage then they need to answer e-mails, phone calls or send us their stuff. It is pretty much the philosophy I would have when being accused of inequality when writing about politics. why are you writing about party x and not party Y. If party Y want coverage then they need to answer e-mails, phone calls or send us their stuff.

]]> By: B'dum B'dum http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-1/#comment-791711 B'dum B'dum Wed, 21 May 2008 16:46:07 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-791711 Here's the same sort of thing <a href="http://www.ireland.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/05/14/reading-the-newspaper-but-forgetting-which-one/" rel="nofollow">this</a> entry off Shane Hegarty's blog but not as detailed. Here’s the same sort of thing this entry off Shane Hegarty’s blog but not as detailed.

]]> By: Justin Mason http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-1/#comment-791542 Justin Mason Wed, 21 May 2008 15:02:27 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-791542 Great to hear the Irish Times will be lowering their pay-wall -- I was on the verge of creating a mash-up which would take an IT story's lede paragraph and plug it into the Indo's "search" function, in order to read the full story over on the Indo instead ;) Great to hear the Irish Times will be lowering their pay-wall — I was on the verge of creating a mash-up which would take an IT story’s lede paragraph and plug it into the Indo’s “search” function, in order to read the full story over on the Indo instead ;)

]]> By: Darren http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-1/#comment-791287 Darren Wed, 21 May 2008 12:32:24 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-791287 That's a damn good post. I'm a touch older than the Bebo generation (only a touch) and I have only in the last year or so started reading the Newspaper. I rarely watch the news on TV. Most (almost all) of my news intake comes from online sources, usually from sites that have been recommended to me. That’s a damn good post. I’m a touch older than the Bebo generation (only a touch) and I have only in the last year or so started reading the Newspaper. I rarely watch the news on TV. Most (almost all) of my news intake comes from online sources, usually from sites that have been recommended to me.

]]> By: Philip http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/comment-page-1/#comment-791260 Philip Wed, 21 May 2008 12:13:18 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/05/21/if-the-news-is-that-important-it-will-find-me/#comment-791260 Another great piece, thanks. Thanks also for the advance news of the end of the Irish Times paywall. It was a real pain that was doomed from the start (to re-state the obvious). Another great piece, thanks. Thanks also for the advance news of the end of the Irish Times paywall. It was a real pain that was doomed from the start (to re-state the obvious).

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