I really liked this book a lot. I liked the fact that it pointed out that a democracy needs news as a way to keep the government in check because it informs the people. Also this book discuses the problems with the newspapers economical problems and how news rooms and papers are shrinking. This I think is very important because although newspapers are becoming less used due to T.V and internet news and a complete lack of interest on some peoples part, Newspapers are very important because we simply can not get the full substance of a story by just seeing a few video clips and scanning over a shortened article. Sadly some people don't recognize the advantages of getting their news from a newspaper instead getting it from the T.V.
This leads us to why the quality of news has gone down so much. As we stop having to "read" our news it has become more and more flashy, short, sensational, and over all non informative of "real news". This easy to digest news just makes us stupider as a society. sadly I think News will continue to decline in intellectualism if we don't start to respect it for what is meant to be; a important part of democracy that informs the people of what their elected officials are doing for our country so we as the people can make sure we are being governed fairly.
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