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Never heard anyone refer to it as "taking a newspaper", is that regional terminology?
Never heard anyone refer to it as "taking a newspaper", is that regional terminology?
I don’t receive a physical newspaper, but do subscribe to a digital version of a national daily. Seems the best of both worlds to me: no trees get killed, I’m not limited in the number of their articles I can read per month, and the money helps support their reporting.
You can’t edit a poll that I know of, and I’d already edited the OP...If you can edit the poll, you may want to do that. (Try to edit your initial post that started the thread, maybe?)
I also subscribe to the local paper, for the same reason. Local governance has a greater impact on our day to day lives, and I appreciate (and am willing to pay for) the coverage they provide and would be hard pressed to find it elsewhere.I find it funny that people tend to get all worked up over the national news when it's state, county and municipal governments that tend to have the greatest impact on Americans' lives. Of course, local TV news focuses on car crashes and shootouts -- government seldom gets much attention.
That's why I get my local paper. It's far from perfect; in fact, it's not very good. But if something is going down locally that's likely to affect my life on an ongoing basis, I get a little warning. From there I can check the situation out on my own. School referendums, small-scale misfeasance or malfeasance are things that could affect my vote in an upcoming election.
Even the obituaries -- I have to admit it's the first thing I check every day at this point in my life.
You can’t edit a poll that I know of, and I’d already edited the OP...