A Vote for Sheldon Adelson
Journalism prof argues that a less-than-ideal newspaper owner is better than no owner at all.
That’s just the way it is… in the 21st century.
So suggests Andrés Martinez, a professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and a columnist for L.A. website Zócalo Public Square. In his latest missive for the latter, Martinez writes that he is happy Sheldon Adelson has purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The alternative scenario(s), he argues, are generally much worse:
Having worked at four different newspapers, I know there are always trade-offs when it comes to who owns media, and that the character of owners isn’t solely determined by whether they are local or out of town, individual or corporate.
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