Via Jeff Jarvis, I see that it's not just the management chain in the mainstream media that wants the world to stop so they can get off - the worker bees also want to cover their eyes, ears, and mouths, and chant "la la la":

The union said the day of protests was a response to the “accelerating threat to journalism and journalists from devastating cuts across the industry, resulting in chronic under-resourcing, downward-spiralling working conditions, job losses and falling editorial standards”.

“This will be a day of huge importance. The time has come for us to stand up as one and send a loud, clear message that our industry is in deep crisis,” said Jeremy Dear, the NUJ general secretary.

Read Jarvis' critique. It's fine to protest the shape of reality, but what do these people expect to actually do? Do they expect to wave a wand and have newspaper subscriptions magically restored to their former levels? It's a new media landscape out there, and they can either lead, follow - or get out of the way. Looks to me like they are actively choosing the last one.

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