Anyone still read the Sunday Paper?

[Dive Bar Casanova]

I was in Starbucks this morning and they no
longer sell the morning paper starting today.

Coffee shops used to have racks and racks of them in front or shelves or stacks inside.
End of an era.

I used to love spreading it out and spending hours grazing on it.
LA Times used to sometimes be 3” thick.
My dad was working on an island in the Pacific and the locals didn’t believe that.
He had me mail him a copy to win the bet.

When I was dating I learned girls that read the news paper were always more my type.
Wife still reads our local “flyer” but we can’t get delivery of the larger publications any more. She
kindles her books but prefers a printed copy. Highly educated married to a wrench turner.

Anyone still manage to read the morning paper on newsprint?

[jkwilson]

No. Live out in the sticks so it’s been a long time since I was able to get one delivered. I liked reading them, but over the last 10 years or so, the quality of the writing has deteriorated badly, and 75% of what is in there I’ve already read, and much of that has become outdated by further events that make it silly to read.

Just a few weeks ago I read a major city daily newspaper for a week while traveling and found the phrases “peaked his curiosity” and “mute point” in front page articles. That is just sad.

[SF-SGM]

No. Live out in the sticks so it’s been a long time since I was able to get one delivered. I liked reading them, but over the last 10 years or so, the quality of the writing has deteriorated badly, and 75% of what is in there I’ve already read, and much of that has become outdated by further events that make it silly to read.

Just a few weeks ago I read a major city daily newspaper for a week while traveling and found the phrases “peaked his curiosity” and “mute point” in front page articles. That is just sad.

One has to wonder what is being taught in journalism classes anymore. Certainly spelling and grammar as not at the top of the list. The competition for readership is fierce with the internet now and only getting moreso with the short attention span of readers so stories are often thrown out willy-nilly without much regard for fact-checking (ever notice how many of the headlines grab your atteention but the story itself is much different?). Our local paper is conencted to USA Today and much of the material comes from that bastion of thoroughness, unbiased reporting and accuracy (NOT).

I mainly read it for stories on local sports (I coach wrestling at the high school) and some of the local news.

Newspapers are dying.

[grumpypapa]

One has to wonder what is being taught in journalism classes anymore. Certainly spelling and grammar as not at the top of the list. The competition for readership is fierce with the internet now and only getting moreso with the short attention span of readers so stories are often thrown out willy-nilly without much regard for fact-checking (ever notice how many of the headlines grab your atteention but the story itself is much different?). Our local paper is conencted to USA Today and much of the material comes from that bastion of thoroughness, unbiased reporting and accuracy (NOT).

I mainly read it for stories on local sports (I coach wrestling at the high school) and some of the local news.

Newspapers are dying.

Yes they are,even up until 2010 I put over 10,000 single copy papers on the street every day, 24/7>with help from 5 employees,the internet took over ,the papers fired all the good writers in their on darn interest of making more money and getting their bonus,put us all on the employment line after 35 years.

[Houndbb]

“....much of that has become outdated by further events that make it silly to read.”

Which REALLY makes the content a “mute” point!!!!
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[WhittleBurner]

They're forever having to print retractions from article they had printed before hand that had something that wasn't right. Sounds like when someone tells them something they go ahead and print it without verifying it first.

[papermakermd]

We still get our local paper every day. I purchase a Baltimore Sun every Sunday coupons that never show up in the local paper usually reimburse the cost.

[Tom&Joan]

I have read the daily paper since I was about 5 or 6. I am now 79. I have to agree that the misuse of words is worse than ever, this forum being no exception.

[jkwilson]

I have read the daily paper since I was about 5 or 6. I am now 79. I have to agree that the misuse of words is worse than ever, this forum being no exception.

Poor grammar, spelling or word choice is excusable in a casual forum, but when people with degrees in journalism who have proofreaders and editors allegedly checking the prose it’s different. Lack of attention to their words is a sign that they aren’t doing a good job on any aspect of the news gathering or reporting processes.

[Wicked ace]

Poor grammar, spelling or word choice is excusable in a casual forum, but when people with degrees in journalism who have proofreaders and editors allegedly checking the prose it’s different. Lack of attention to their words is a sign that they aren’t doing a good job on any aspect of the news gathering or reporting processes.

It's more a sign of the cuts and lack of staff that used to perform those duties. In an effort to stay afloat printed media has had to cut to the bone. I'm from Philadelphia where there were three big news sources and I don't mean like the New York Post. The Times went away in the 70s. The Bulletin, a much awarded newspaper went away in the late 80s. The Inquirer, a paper that annually won Pulitzer prizes for their work, was on par with the New York Times and Washington Post has been struggling to stay afloat for years now.