We've subscribed to our local newspaper for many years, but I'm beginning to wonder if we should continue to support its journalism.
Here's one example from earlier this month.
This was the headline one day, and by that I mean the main headline on the front page. I think newspaper people call the main headline that hits your eye first "above the fold".
There's lots of news out there. We had a President-elect getting ready to assume office. There were horrible wildfires in California. There were wars. Lots to report on and all of it front page headline worthy.
Including this fact, I guess. An actual front page headline in our local paper.
So, drumroll, here it is.
For those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere, I ask you, was this news to you?
Sadly, I'm considering cancelling the paper we've subscribed to for nearly 40 years. It just isn't worth the money anymore.
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My godfathers! Do they get paid for this stuff?
ReplyDelete...sadly, local papers are dying on the vine.
ReplyDeleteThat’s news?
ReplyDeleteI can tell there is more light each day and the newspaper has been gone from our home for a very long time. You're right it's not worth the money.
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Sorry to here this. In the world there are a huge amount of 'news'. But not all the newspapers reflect them. I may speculate, but I do not want to. Maybe before cancelling the subscription, you may ask what's going on!
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If the journalism isn't there... I mean, I'm all for supporting local papers. They are being bought up and things are getting dire. But if they're not doing the job...
ReplyDeleteI haven't read a newspaper in years.
ReplyDeleteMany local newspapers are dying and, unfortunately, in many cases the deaths are probably deserved and the victims will not be missed. As one who is married to a retired editor and owner of a small local East Texas newspaper, I can only lament the fact. When we were first married, some of my happiest memories are of working with him to get the paper out.
ReplyDeleteI miss a local paper. Ours shut down after going digital only for a while. It was restarted, but only a few days a week, and quite expensive. No more fat Sunday editions anyway, the stores don't put out those Sunday ads. My father took the bus to S.F. every day for work. He'd buy a morning Chronicle at the bus stop (top of our street's hill) to read, and bring it home with the night's Examiner he read on the way home. Saturday shopping included the combined Chronicle/Examiner Sunday paper, which had all the inserts it would have if we waited until Sunday. No breaking news to miss back then!
ReplyDeleteOnline news has so many typos and grammar errors it's like the writers never went to school.
We don't get the paper anymore, but I miss it. There is still an Atlanta Journal and Newnan Times. We used to get both, but my husband would rather look up what he's interested in on the internet. Personally I like to hold my reading material and work the crossword and jumble and read the comics. Such a shame.
ReplyDeleteWell, I actually would prefer reading about the longer days than what idiocy (is that a word?) is going on in D.C. I have a digital subscription to the Detroit Free Press. I actually got quoted in a story back in November because I alerted a reporter to some local news. But at this point in my life, I am beyond influencing change, so I try to avoid a lot of what is happening. My mind is a blank, lol.
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