Robert Niles comments on the absurd statements of the LA Times which claimed that “Many publishers consider the Internet, and Google in particular, a greater threat to their livelihoods than Osama bin Laden.” O RLY? Niles rebuts the Times’ claims that some publishers think Google is “stealing their content” and that allowing people to comment on stories is a bad thing.

Smart news organizations need to be blowing up their old ways of producing journalism — not just publishing it, but reporting it as well — in order to better provide more accurate and insightful journalism to beat the increased competition from millions of new content publishers online. To do that, publishers need to hear fresh perspectives, from their employees… and from the public.

But what does The Times tell them with this editorial?

“Shut up.”

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