Friday, July 9, 2010
Post Entry 7
Computer or newspaper? Lately I have noticed that I get the vast majority of my news from the Internet and don't buy as many newspapers or news magazines. In fact the only magazine that I still read religiously is National Geographic. Does this make me a sell-out? My reasons for this conversion are simple, newspapers are not as green & Internet news is about as up to the minute accurate as you can get. I didn't intentionally set out to give up newspapers, it just sort of happened. Obviously I am not the only person who has made this decision, across the US major newspaper companies are going out of business at record levels as people turn to their computer for their primary source of news. Where do you get your news??
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Hi, Jason. I know how you feel. Our free press is one of the ways in which our democracy functions, and the press relies on journalists who investigate important issues and report based on a code of ethics that makes them as objective as they can be. Investigative journalism costs a lot and doesn't occur as much with Internet news, so buying newspapers is one way to support our right to a free press. Yet, I'm concerned about the use of paper products...
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