In a complete lack of any type of scrutiny or fact-checking, nor even examining that the story is simply a publicity stunt, the Star Tribune, more-or-less reprints Brodkorb’s meaningless and fruitless endeavor — and treats it as news. Way to go, Pat Doyle. What an incredible disservice to all Star Tribune readers.
Anyone involved with the “Save the Strib” campaign needs to first scrutinize the political writing and the editorial board at the Strib over the last year. It is seriously disgusting.
I am totally over with the Star Tribune. Katherine Kirsten was the last straw, the previous straws being the endorsement of Coleman and the worst of George Will, Krauthammer and a bunch of other right of center trolls. It should die an ugly, unpleasant and expensive death.
am I the only one who finds the timing on this little stunt weird? I mean NOW you’re looking for the ballots? Crack legal team and excellent strategy. Too bad Supreme Court will rule soon.
Does the Star Tribune’s take on this surprise anybody? Really? After all their myopia? Really?
Your wish is the inevitable result of how newspapers, and record companies for that matter, have reacted to the changing cultural and technological landscape of America.
Want to see a similar effect? Checkout Europe circa after 1453. Prior to the use of moveable type and the printing press virtually every document was a singular “thing” written by hand. All books were costly and only those of almost universal appeal were likely to be copied.
In Gutenberg’s time wood-cut printing was used, unfortunately because a new block had to be carved in reverse for each page, few books justified the time and money required for publication. The most common wood-cut printing items were large volumes of religious pictures and playing cards. Most of the population could not read at first, much like most people were computer illiterate circa the 1980’s.
With the introduction of moveable type printing presses, large numbers of texts with limited mass appeal could be printed. Printing was still expensive and to guarantee financial success they printed proven “best-sellers” such as the Bible. This is why the Gutenberg Bible is so often mentioned. At the same time a popular craze became learning this newfangled reading deal.
At first printing was considered vulgar and only for the poor. Many “nose in the air” intellectuals of the time refused to own a “printed” text. This reminds me of working with businessmen who refused to put a computer in their personal office or who fought email by having it printed out and then handwriting an answer for some one else to put through the “tubes.”
The common man of the time immediately recognized the importance of the printing press. By the end of the fifteenth century, more than one thousand printers had printed between eight and ten million copies of more than forty thousand different book titles. About the same time a Reformation and a variety of changes occurred across Europe. Early agricultural texts, medical books and alternates to religion flourished.
Sound familiar Mr. Newspaperman? And you thought Radio and TV were knocking the stuffing out of your business model?
Why did the Strib refer to him as “GOP activist and blogger Michael Brodkorb”? Doesn’t he have a taxpayer-paid job at the legislature? Seems to me that ought to be relevant, especially if he’s doing this stuff during work hours.
Aaron, how do you justify this statement to Brodkorb …
“Your comment was deleted because MNpublius is not going to participate in your stunt. “ …
When you yourself already had posted two stories on the subject?