Comments on: Paper Plates

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:54:00 +0000

I am disconcerted at the shortsightedness of so much of this column. How is it that the internet gets blamed for spreading pornography, but the printed media do not? How is it that a physical paper that takes a minimum of 24 hours to print a correction, and can take days, is “better” than a web columnist’s article? Such an article posted on the web receives almost immediate readers, comments and creates an author’s opportunity to respond – which the good one’s use to immediate advantage.
I grew up in a 3 newspapers delivered daily house. Weekly newsmagazines, sports and literature magazines and special interest publications all arrived periodically as well. I was educated and entertained by them all.

And now I still get some of the old standbys, but the web plays an increasingly large role in my daily information gather. It is hard to believe that for me it has only been around for 10-11 years! It is still a toddling news medium and I look forward to its future growth and evolution.

By: ...don

...don — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:38:14 +0000

Lynn,

I think that what is being lamented is the loss of the editor and research staff, not the medium. The Internet gives you access to a lot of data, but how much of it is real information. How do you separate fact from fiction. The web needs to develop a good way for people to judge the honesty and accuracy of the communications that blanket the globe in a matter of seconds.

By: Sherry Paisley

Sherry Paisley — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:18:16 +0000

Amen! My own daily newspaper gets smaller and smaller–both in content and physical size. But I’ll continue to read it as long as its published.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:03:13 +0000

Wow! You certainly hit a nerve, George. This is a good discourse about the demise of print media, and it’s happening right here on line. I still read newspapers; I just do so on the computer. Every major publication, and many local hometown papers, are on line. That means any of us can read local papers, regional papers, national papers, and international papers if we have the time. I certainly could not afford to subscribe to all of them in print, yet have access to any of them–more news, not less–at the touch of a keyboard. Could it be that people aren’t really seeking out the news they claim to crave?

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:37:05 +0000

Thanks for the report on the death of newspapers it is sad that some people see it as just another casualty. Lynn, sounds like she resides in the “ivory tower” never mind the rest of us who still beieve we still need the “press”.

By: e schrag

e schrag — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:12:07 +0000

Thank you !!!
I’d never thought of that. As the rest of the world runs blindly off the cliff – I treasure books, magazines, and newspapers.

By: john hobson

john hobson — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:33:14 +0000

Hello George,
You letter is Right on the money, I would like to hear more of your views and a quick summery of what was written . I was forwarded this by a good friend who knows I like to be informed on subjects as these.

Thank you
John Hobson

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:14:19 +0000

Thank you! I applaud not only the common sense nature of your thoughts, but the tencity with which you attack what I believe are the all too common changes of today.

Thank you again.

By: ROBERT DEMAREST

ROBERT DEMAREST — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:32:57 +0000

I should have written that “We first learned to read about 2000 years before the common era.” Sorry about that. RJD

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:19:58 +0000

I just think of how much paper is used everyday and how many trees are used in the process to make the newspapers that people don’t read. I personnlly don’t get any newspaper for that reason. what we need to concenrate are efforts on is getting rid of is plactic bags. Thanks Dan