I’m not sure how to take the news that the Baltimore Police Department will no longer inform the public about officers who kill/wound citizens in the process of carrying out their duties.
Yes, you heard that right. The Baltimore Sun, like many other big city papers is a shell of its former self–it didn’t even report the police department’s move. But combine the slow death of journalism as we know it, with government move away from transparency?
We can celebrate the rise of bloggers all we want. But even 10,000 bics (sorry, 20th century reference, I mean “lit up cell phones”) can’t provide enough light to read in the dark.
getting ready for the clampdown….,
Not saying you're wrong to lament the passing of institutions you've come to know and love, but something about that last quote struck me. Because, in fact, I can read in the dark by the light of my single cell phone. I realize you weren't necessarily being literal, but even the imagery may be inconsistent with the facts. My question in all this is, are we not giving just dues to the possibilities of the future in our zeal to preserve the past?