AUCKLAND, Sunday: “I have been alarmed to see that disdain for the mainstream media has spread to the mainstream media itself,” writes Paul Little, in his farewell column in the Herald on Sunday.
“Recently I was contacted by people who should know better, asking me to send them a copy of my column because they refused to fork out the readies to breach this paper’s paywall.
“The total required at the time was $1 a week.
“If you think life without magazines is bad, wait until you live in a world without newspapers.”
“This much they would not sacrifice because of their aversion to one columnist [presumably, Ralston or Holmes]. They would forgo the fine work produced by many excellent writers who did not have that columnist’s attention-grabbing profile and gift for alienating readers.
“Now more than ever, mainstream media which, for all its flaws, continues to uphold basic journalistic standards has a vital role to play in society.
“As I explained at the time, refusing to share my column with my stingy friends, if you think life without magazines is bad, wait until you live in a world without newspapers.”
[M+AD Daily was an original subscriber to the NZH Premium edition. – Ed]
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