My family receives the newspaper, always has, always will. if I said this about five years ago people would have rolled their eyes at me and said "Who doesn't?"
Now, I get a different reaction entirely.
Those same people's eyes would practically pop out of their head as they tried to imagine somebody actually reading the newspaper, not some electronic knock-off. This begs the question: What would happen if we lost newspapers? I mean, the real ones that are delivered to your doorstep.
Well, we probably wouldn't have Current Events Quizzes in J1 anymore.
On a more serious note, what would happen if they just disappeared? Newspapers are like air, they're just there. They can't just be gone. I think a large part of American identity would vanish with the newspapers.
Think about it, the newspapers were born around the same time the idea of rebelling against King George was. Actually, newspapers helped spread the spark of patriotism. In fact, John Peter Zenger was taken to court and that decision gave way to the freedom of the press, which has stood the test of time.
Newspapers have been there since the very beginning, cataloging every victory, every dispute, every election, every war, and every tragedy. What would we do if they just vanished?
I don't even want to know.
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