Newspapers

I initially agreed with the authors theory that more and more people are forgetting about traditional print media in the face of the internet and television news. However, I was shocked to see that around 90% of people still claim to read the daily newspaper. I for one do not subscribe to the Seattle PI or the Seattle Times and do not feel like there is anything available in these 2 newspapers that I could not obtain either online or from TV. While the authors theory that more national news is available then local news seems valid, as a reader I am able to search out information from local papers on the internet as well. I can find out what is happening in Spokane, Seattle, or even Los Angeles or San Francisco. All of this is available at (normally) no cost to the user and is quicker and easier then searching through newspaper archives. The newspaper may not be phased out soon but it is constant danger of being unnecessary.