Thursday, March 28, 2024
 
The New Yorker Becomes a Daily, and Loses Its Depth

NEW YORK, NY July 6 (DPI) – They’re called “Daily Dispatches from NewYorker.com”  but make no mistake: The New Yorker magazine, America’s hallowed weekly for long-form independent journalism and fiction, has gone daily, the latest victim of the digital age. Bowing to all-too-familiar pressures, the magazine is cranking out copy now that reflects less research and disciplined development and, to compensate for lack of time, is falling back on predictable urban-left ideology.

In fact, The New Yorker and The New York Times are looking pretty much the same these days, as they sing from a pro-Democrat, Pro-Regulation, Pro-Government songbook – both are now only a mouseclick away and both spew second-rate work by the hour.  For the reader it takes a lot more work to find the high-quality journalism both were long known for.

The New Yorker has always been a Manhattan product – its work the result of hyper-focused, 24/7 personal energy.  But the digital age seems to have robbed The New Yorker of much of its creativity and originality. The pressure to compete online has led to a shocking amount of Un-New Yorker-like commentaries that carry almost no new information – and worse, no new insights.  The publications known for carefully curating the news and social commentary, producing originality and depth, now look a lot like everyone else.

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