Washington, D.C. will unveil the Newseum building on April 11 chronicling the media, then and now.The WashingtonPost.com's objective pre-opening coverage identified the museum as one of the downtown's grandest architectural projects in the last decade. A multimedia piece accompanied their story and included a photo slide show, which is like taking a tour of the museum from the confines of your very own office.
Here is what some of the readers had to say about "Washington's New Landmark" in response to the Post's Howard Kurtz.
- llrllr wrote:As a 40-year journalist, I'd love to see the new Newseum. But at $20 a head, I think I'll take my wife to lunch instead. Ashame. I thought a Foundation ran this thing.4/6/2008 6:21:45 PM
- vuac wrote:The old Newseum in Arlington had free admission. It also had some most unusual artifacts that are missing from this one, which seems dominated by television monitors and cyberspace fads. A shame!4/4/2008 11:58:03 PM
- RaiderDan wrote:``An overpriced monument to journalistic self-glorification.''
No truer words were spoken. Firefighters cops and doctors don't give themselves similar ``look at us!'' venues. - slowdream wrote:I wouldn't be caught dead in this disgusting monument to liars and traitors.4/6/2008 8:54:53 PM
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