So, I have given a lot of thought about this discussion we had in class on Tuesday September 9th. Newspapers were one of those subjects that I had know facts about but had never actually connected the dots of how old they actually are. We've been using newspapers for about 600 years! That's even older than the U.S., I mean, we've been using newspapers for so along, so WHY are they STILL here? If I really wanted to read the news I could just get on a computer and look it up on the internet in like thirty seconds, way faster than trying to receive it through the mail, but there is something about them that is so convenient to have. If you didn't already know, newspapers were not the most popular thing (and their not really popular today either) back way before you or your great-great-GREAT grandparents were born (I'm assuming) people didn't really want to read newspapers because they saw it as negative propaganda and just some people who didn't have anything better to do with their lives rather than write criticism about people who they wish they were (just kidding, they wrote about people with power) but around the 18th century they got REALLY popular, like Disney Channel popular; everyone just had to have one.
It was like the iPhone 6 of this era, except of course it was cheaper and low-tech, but why wouldn't you want one? It was like getting those new Jordans that just came out (#NewKicks), Right? But unlike these popular items we all know and love, it lasted a WAY longer time but also with each growing year the popularity just kept dying down. It still remained portable, cheap, low-tech, non linear and of course we still have those people who get up in the morning with a cup of Joe in one hand and the newspaper in the other (just like in the movies!!)But, you know, it's probably for the best having that one thing we can keep passing down generations to come... what do you think?
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