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Anyone still subscribe and/or read the newspaper? I subcribe to one daily and hate not having it but I understand that is becoming less and less true for society. Where do you stand? I think age certainly plays a role, though at 32, I may not fit the mold....

I was never a newspaper subscriber, though I sometimes bought one.  And more frequently I would read the ones people left in coffee shops or various places.  But I rarely pick one up these days.  I get all my news and info online.

But if only there were a way to still read the comic strips online.

I remember thinking how good the Hartford Courant is but lately I feel like there is hardly anything to read at all. (yet I still love waking up and having the paper at my front door, especially on Sundays!)

I used to deliver newspapers, but rarely read them anymore. Google does it for me because I know that whatever I read on the Internet is true. :-) Nah, just kidding. It`s that whatever I read on Google is true! That Internet thing is scary! Anyone can say something is true, and how would I know? When I`m concerned about it, I usually go to the newspapers, though, because those for SURE are true!

Why isn`t USA Today printed on the weekends? I realize business travelers are home in larger numbers but wouldn`t vacationers suffice for a smaller print?

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Y`know, that brings up another point: I listen to talk radio a lot because not only do I hear the news stories, I also hear in-depth discussion. For example, on WLS-AM around Chicago, a story will break and be a topic of discussion. But unlike the newspaper or the TV (cable) shows, people who are actually involved in the story will call in with pieces of the story.

There might be a story about O`Hare airport, and callers will be people who work at the airport, officials, janitors, cab drivers, whatever.... It adds a much nicer dimension to the news, one that you can`t actually get from the papers or TV (generally speaking).

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Op-eds are one of the best parts of the newspaper!

No paper ... no trees.

The news is so sensationalist anyway ... it`s really a waste of my time. I occasionally check out CNN.com.