This is a reproduction of the Doonesbury from a week ago or so in The Montgomery Advertiser.
I saved it to illustrate the incredibly shrinking newspaper cartoon. I've tried to make is as accurate in size as possible.
I've worn glasses since 8th grade, but my corrected vision is close to 20/20. and the captions have shrunk to a size where they are unreadable!
Is this another step toward the inevitable elimination of newspapers in printed form?
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of this website. My editors have insisted I take next Monday off, thinking my eyesight and temperment might improve. So the MMMM will be back on 2/2/12.]
I saved it to illustrate the incredibly shrinking newspaper cartoon. I've tried to make is as accurate in size as possible.
Honest: can you read Doonesbury without zooming (a feature my eyes lack)? I included a portion of Foxtrot below it for comparison.
I've worn glasses since 8th grade, but my corrected vision is close to 20/20. and the captions have shrunk to a size where they are unreadable!
As newspapers have diminished in income over the last few years, they've gotten narrower too, to save ink. That's forced editors to squeeze stuff in, but if readers can't read it, what's the point?
I'm sure the Advertiser gets lots of complaints about Doonesbury's content anyway---way too liberal here in the Deep South---so just eliminate it if it's going to shrink to microsize anyway! Or attach plastic magnifying lenses each Sunday!Is this another step toward the inevitable elimination of newspapers in printed form?
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of this website. My editors have insisted I take next Monday off, thinking my eyesight and temperment might improve. So the MMMM will be back on 2/2/12.]
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