I grew up addicted to newspapers and gave up on them because I didn't have the time and because I started getting news from other sources. I haven't read one regularly for years. I recently bought a trial subscription to one of the Chicago papers, mainly to help out the kid who said he was in a competition for a scholarship and, just as this article says, I wind up seeing all kinds of news that I already knew about. That, plus the decidedly leftward slant (the front-page story on the arts section yesterday was "Where Are All the Butch Dykes?" in TV and movies) makes me question whether I'll continue the subscription past the trial period.
I do enjoy several small-town newpapers in my area for local news, and I do enjoy the feel and smell and relaxtion of sitting down with a newspaper. I like to read the Sunday paper straight through. I can't imagine doing that online.
I don't like seeing the decline of newspapers. But I don't see how it's avoidable considering the product many newpaper publishers put out.
Not if they continue to lie to and insult their customer base on a daily basis, no, they cant survive.
Bottom line is, if I have a choice of paying 50 cents every day and 2 bucks on Sunday to read opinions or 25 bucks a year as a contribution to FR to read opinions, I would rather be here.
Plus, it is more accurate than the MSM.