Reader comments: So why bother reading a newspaper?

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Thomas | 3:42 p.m. May 18, 2008
Why bother with a newspaper? Simply because printed papers are an anachronism. With the electronic media expanding so rapidly and so vastly, the printed page is basically obsolete. I haven't taken the paper for years. All my news comes via computer. I still read, but read online.

There will still be printed media because some applications are better served that way. However, as long as our society doesn't self-destruct, the written word will largely be via electronics.

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