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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 4:55 am
I've been thinking about the effects of the Internet on newspapers. I know my parents had a subscription to the daily newspaper, but I don't know a single person who does that now that is under 70. I believe they are a dying breed. The newspapers must be hurting unless they are making most of their money on advertising and the Sunday and Friday papers bought in stores. I know I get my news from the internet and TV. How about you?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 6:12 am
We get the paper delivered. I know several neighbors who do as well. My parents get the Sunday paper (mom is early sixties, dad is 55.). I think most people get the news from the TV.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 6:37 am
I haven't got the newspaper in years! I read all my news online. I do watch our local morning news everyday but still go online for my news, local and national, everyday as well.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 6:38 am
we get the local paper delivered every day, as do many of my neighbors. the internet gives you "sound bites" and sometimes it is great to read other paper's news (such as the washington post when deep throat was revealed). but the news that matters most to me, is the news of my local community.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 6:45 am
The best way to get very local news is the local newspaper. Can't really get that info on the internet...
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 7:13 am
Old habits die hard. We get two daily newspapers (local and LA Times). Egbob will read certain sections of both (mostly Sports) and I don't usually read them at all. We don't usually have time to watch TV news. I usually catch certain newsworthy items on the internet and I always stay up with the latest Entertainment news via Tishala.
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 8:42 am
I read all my news online. Unfortunately, I don't read real newspapers and rarely watch news on TV (only CNN if there is nothing else on) so I am totally dependent on the "newsbites" from the online newspapers I check (I check 7 Canadian, 4 American and one British news site every single day)
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Cher
Member
08-18-2004
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 9:18 am
In the morning when I get to work I check the headlines on Netscape,read our local paper and watch the news in the evening too.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 9:27 am
I get it from all over. I read the LA Times most days and I read parts of the NY Times online. Lots of Yahoo News stuff that I see linked here and there. I like our LA news because it's all celeb stuff....other places cover fires and weather; we cover celebs. I also read Le Monde, the French newspaper, most days, and sometimes Le Figaro if something interesting is happening. I've more or less given up on CNN, except the Your World Today show that's on at 9 AM PT/Noon ET cause it has good only international news and nothing about missing teens in Aruba or Michael Jackson. I watch some Fox news because, lt's face it, it's entertaining and I'm really shallow. So I never watch The News Hour on PBS unless I'm feeling sick or I have insomnia. I used to watch France 2 News but my French skills have really slipped so I can only read the news instead of watching it. Besides, I never could understand the people in Normandy when they did reports from there.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 9:44 am
Tish, that's why we turn to you for the celeb news. We read even our local news online even though most of it is covered in the local news on TV.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 9:51 am
We get the local paper delivered everyday as does almost everyone in our neighborhood. It is the only way to know what's going on in our area. I watch the local news and sometimes the cable news networks and read some online as well.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 10:10 am
The Daily Show on Comedy Central covers my news needs! But, I also get the daily local paper, listen to NPR/PRI news and shows everyday (and BBC at night). I also read the NY Times online, as well as other assorted online news sites, usually Yahoo, or links from TVCH posts. 
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 10:25 am
In the morning, I will wake up and watch our local news from 5-9. Then I will switch channels over to CBC Newsworld. As well, I surf the internet, and get my local news from www.canada.com/vancouver and www.mytelus.com , which both cater to Vancouver and BC news. My internet homepage is MyYahoo, that has some world news, but mostly entertainment news. I avoid CNN and MSNBC and CNNHN, and I don't subscribe to FoxNews. American news just gets me angry, as a lot of it has become entertaining and biased, rather than informative.
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Monday, June 20, 2005 - 11:59 am
Son has the Calgary Herald delivered to the house (which in turn gives hubby and I it for free online), and I also stop by CNN and BBC
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