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Posted On: 08/30/2017 3:09:45 PM
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If one wants to experience the Fourth Estate’s “Fall of the House of Usher” moment, go to the Newseum, that three-cheers-for-me monument to self-indulgence crumbling as an unintentional exhibit to the narcissism of journalists.
But if the directors allow condominiums to encroach on the exhibits, where will the Newseum find space for Ana Marie Cox’s turquoise slippers?
The museum charges $25 for what visitors to D.C. get for free at the National Air and Space Museum, Library of Congress, and Jefferson Memorial. This and the internet’s corrosive effect on the print journalism celebrated by the museum serve as the default answers to why the venture, built for $450 million less than a decade ago, struggles. But it really fails because journalists fail at their jobs. Americans don’t view their profession as one comprised of honorable people.
But if the directors allow condominiums to encroach on the exhibits, where will the Newseum find space for Ana Marie Cox’s turquoise slippers?
The museum charges $25 for what visitors to D.C. get for free at the National Air and Space Museum, Library of Congress, and Jefferson Memorial. This and the internet’s corrosive effect on the print journalism celebrated by the museum serve as the default answers to why the venture, built for $450 million less than a decade ago, struggles. But it really fails because journalists fail at their jobs. Americans don’t view their profession as one comprised of honorable people.
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