Media: NYT’s Keller refutes an argument no one is making
Bill Keller, executive editor at the New York Times, says that newspapers are being threatened by the Internet. Actually, what he meant to say that the business model being followed by virtually all newspapers is being threatened by the Internet. He defended the industry by saying bloggers and search engines cannot replace newspapers. Trouble is, not one (well, except Scott Adams) thinks citizen journalism can replace full-time journalists. And for the record, search engines are NOT threatenign newspapers because the search engines are NOT stealing content.
Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates 
