tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post5894128358168520930..comments2024-03-14T08:43:45.183-04:00Comments on The VĂ©hicule Press Blog: The News That Stays News?VĂ©hicule Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00818162880719157747noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239657309427202553.post-83628119295030280982015-01-29T02:13:48.385-05:002015-01-29T02:13:48.385-05:00Well, not really. Journalism is no more dead than ...Well, not really. Journalism is no more dead than poetry. It's adopting new forms and vehicles, and there continue to be layers of competence there just as there are in poetry.<br /><br />What I find a little narrow in Lahey's assessment is her conception of poetry as a form of reportage on the external world, i.e. the old bromide about the artist holding a mirror up to nature. If we've learned anything from the French Symbolists on, it's that poetry's gifts more often than not lie in a different direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com