Pick Your Problem

March 16, 2009 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, collapse, failed states, global poverty, Journalism | 4 comments

Which crisis is more urgent:

the collapsing world economy, the accelerating buildup of greenhouse gases, the growing instability of Pakistan’s governing coalition,  the 29,000 children under five years old that die everyday from causes related to poverty, or the the tottering newspaper industry?

Really depends where you sit, doesn’t it?

Keith Kloor

4 Responses to “Pick Your Problem”

1. Eli Rabett says:

   March 16, 2009 at 10:14 pm

   It depends on your time scale, and the necessity of getting from here to there.  Also if you can chew gum and walk at the same time.

   As for the newspaper industry, thanks for nothing.

2. Keith Kloor says:

   March 17, 2009 at 9:27 am

   Eli,
   As to your last point, you should try living in a society without a free press. You might then feel differently about the value of journalism.

3. Eli Rabett says:

   March 17, 2009 at 3:09 pm

   Again you make a category error by identifying newspapers with journalism

4. Keith Kloor says:

   March 17, 2009 at 8:41 pm

   Are you joking or are you serious? if the latter, then do tell how you would categorize newspapers?