America's Apathy Towards Newspapers
The Pew Research Center brings us disspiriting news of the public’s attitude towards newspapers. According to a report released today:
[F]ewer than half of Americans (43%) say that losing their local newspaper would hurt civic life in their community “a lot.” Even fewer (33%) say they would personally miss reading the local newspaper a lot if it were no longer available.
You don’t know what you got till it’s gone, people.
Who won’t miss us? Seems young people are the problem.
Less than a quarter of those younger than age 40 (23%) say they would miss the local newspaper they read most often a lot if it were to go out of business or shut down.
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