jujuman13
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Crisis in the US newspaper industry
Quoted from article(He worries that the widespread cost-cutting and possible closures threaten to devalue journalism - and democracy - in America.
"An important and vital part of democracy is vanishing before our very eyes, whether the public realises it or not," he told me.)
Quite how the loss of the printed word on paper devalues either Journalism and or Democracy in America is beyond my understanding.
News stories will continue to be written and read, albeit on the internet.
Democracy (at least what we call Democracy) will continue to be practised in some form or other regardless of whether we read news on the Internet or out of a paper.
As for ( "An important and vital part of democracy is vanishing before our very eyes, whether the public realises it or not,") this strikes me as so much hyperbole.
BBC NEWS | Americas | Crisis in the US newspaper industry
Quoted from article(He worries that the widespread cost-cutting and possible closures threaten to devalue journalism - and democracy - in America.
"An important and vital part of democracy is vanishing before our very eyes, whether the public realises it or not," he told me.)
Quite how the loss of the printed word on paper devalues either Journalism and or Democracy in America is beyond my understanding.
News stories will continue to be written and read, albeit on the internet.
Democracy (at least what we call Democracy) will continue to be practised in some form or other regardless of whether we read news on the Internet or out of a paper.
As for ( "An important and vital part of democracy is vanishing before our very eyes, whether the public realises it or not,") this strikes me as so much hyperbole.