Soundbite: Arthur Sulzberger Thinks Journos Might Have Better Chance On Titanic

by Glynnis MacNicol | 3:56 pm, October 27th, 2009

WrightBros2 “The best analogy I can think of is — have you ever heard of the Titanic Fallacy?” he asked. We hadn’t. “What was the critical flaw to the Titanic?” We tried to answer: Poor construction? Not enough life boats? Crashing into stuff? “A captain trying to set a world speed record through an iceberg field?” he said, shaking his head. “Even if the Titanic came in safely to New York Harbor, it was still doomed,” he said. “Twelve years earlier, two brothers invented the airplane.”

— New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. demonstrates the correct Titanic analogy to employ when discussing the future of print. The fact he is clear on the problem (and the future!), alas, does not mean he has a solution. Where are the media world’s Wright Bros.? Will the Zuckerbergs one day fill the void?

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Puter Boi says:

October 28, 2009 at 1:46 pm

Great quote.
There was a time when each morning the first thing I did was go to the corner store and grab a morning newspaper.
It’s been a decade or longer since the thought of doing that even crossed my mind.

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