Newspapers, I am so sorry to say, are going the way of the "Thank You" we used to hear all across the country!
Yes, this avid historian, researcher and author once delivered "hard copy" newspapers along my neighborhood streets, every day but Sunday! I picked up, packed and folded those newspapers in a special way in order to toss on the porches. But, when it rained or snowed, this guy was 'out there' smackdab in the elements of the weather! BUT, I did develop the habit of always reading newspapers, everywhere I traveled and still do, every day! While in New Orleans once, the New Orleans Picayune became a fave.
They're slowly going out of vogue, though, with the internet taking over our sources of receiving the "news." That, I and others are sorry to realize, is the problem. We knew that most newspaper were out there to give us all of the news, all sides, fit to publish. Take the time, next time you watch a compressed TV "news" program, if you're getting the total prospectives of a story, or simply a portion, if at all.
How many "reporters" were dispatched to Alaska when the story erupted over a certain Governor being chosen as a candidate? Were they intent upon "fair and balanced" reporting?
My point? As the paper newspapers fall by the wayside, our sources for receiving our "fair and balanced" diminish because "we" are developing into a Nation of "instant" news that must fit into exactly a three minute time space...or else! Our "watchdogs of democracy" likewise are falling by the wayside...and that, American society, is a "freaking" shame!"
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