<p>One kindles not instead of but in addition to.</p>
<p>Ever since the local paper fired 50 reporters to save money, our paper has turned into the New York Times from 3 or 4 days ago! If you read it online at nyt.com today, you can be sure my paper will post the article in 1/2 a week! The Sunday local now takes all of 30 minutes to read, assuming you take the time to read the editorials----oh, wait, you already did that, 3 days ago—so, make that 15 minutes! Since Craigslist took away all their classified ads, my paper now makes their money by adding photographs to the death notices. Dead people smiling out at you—now, that’s journalism!</p>
<p>We get two newspapers daily and the Christian Science Monitor weekly. The local one changed it’s format a few weeks ago and it’s driving us crazy. They seem to have their priorities all screwy. I like National/International news in the front section and then local in the second section, but they mix them all up. A few days ago The Philadelphia Inquirer (our second daily) had a headline about North Korea threatning war and another world news item on the front page. Our local paper’s headline on the same day was about a new bishop. I couldn’t believe it - someone gets a new job and that’s the big news? And then when they could do a story with a local angle, it turns out that’s it’s just a fluff piece and the picture is from someone in some other part of country.</p>
<p>The Philadelphia Inquirer is actually pretty good right now but maybe that’s just in comparison to the local. The CS monitor is consistently good with in-depth balanced coverage that helps round out the week. I can’t imagine going without a newspaper!</p>
<p>Apparently Chevda lives in my city.</p>
<p>Nope, cottonwood513. Unfortunately, I think my complaints probably relate to any number of city papers; that’s why I didn’t name mine.</p>
<p>I keep buying both papers, as my vote to keep them going. I am discouraged by the downward spiral, the disappearance of the book section, etc. I don’t feel like I’ve read the Sunday paper after I’ve read it. I have, there’s just nothing to it anymore.</p>