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>>>>I work with a lot of young people who get all of >their >>news from the internet--all of it. They do not read >>the paper or watch the news on local TV.<<< > >This "I get my news from the Internet" kills me. Do >you think "The Internet" covers City Council? Do you >think "The Internet" sends five people to a Steelers >game? Do you think "The Internet" pieces together all >the background stories when some idiot shoots up a >workout place? > >"The Internet" piggybacks on the work that newspapers >do. If newspapers disappear, suddenly "The Internet" >won't have so much news, because "The Internet" isn't >going to lay out the money to get things covered by >professionals. > >The news cycle starts with the work of daily >newspapers. If you've ever been in an AP bureau, you >know that their daily report starts with items lifted >from the papers or submitted by member papers. > >"The Internet" is a delivery system, it's not a news >producer.

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