News for dummies

The newspaper where I worked for 42 years — before being laid off and replaced by an automated computer program — just redesigned its Web site.

Its home page is now all pictures. A few short captions and what might pass for  headlines, but dominated by photos. There's an index for various sections.

Here's my problem ... photos are utterly open to interpretation and misinterpretation.

Words are for specifics, details, accuracy.

Photos on a news site are for illiterates.

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