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Working in modern media inevitably means being inured to a steady stream of depressing news about cutbacks.
Silver highlights Davids determination while also capturing the staffs general disinterest in his story.
He only gains their respect when hes confronted by actual physical violence.
Its not that Im unhappy here.
he screams at theMainlines publisher, who could not care less about his plight.
Hell eventually get his wish.
When Frank tells him that the whole staff will quit in protest, he remains deeply unconcerned.
I run several newspapers.
I can have a staff in here tomorrow as far as that goes, he says calmly.
Weeklycontributors after that paper was taken over by new ownership.
Replace the typewriter with a Wi-Fi connection and the concerns are almost exactly same.
The future of journalism may seem grim, but perhaps its the same as it ever was.
