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What do you expect, it's just the Press

What do you expect, it's just the Press

Posted Oct 15, 2003 11:56 UTC (Wed) by raz (guest, #16034)
In reply to: What do you expect, it's just the Press by cpm
Parent article: Copyright Lawsuit Is Turnabout for SCO (New York Times)

I really wonder what it is exactly, that the press thinks it does for a living.

Lots of people get this wrong.

What the press does for a living is gather audience attention and sell it to advertisers. Contrary to popular belief, the press views readers not as customers, but as product.


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