Long before anyone had heard of the Internet, early home computer users could read their morning newspapers online. This 1981 newscast shows an early version of what would become the Internet, and the very early beginning of the end for printed newspapers. Ironically, it was funded by the newspaper companies themselves.
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This makes me so sad, and pisses me off so much. I don’t even read the newspaper any more, but I used to. Newspapers aren’t something that should be fazed out of society…that’s like saying BOOKS aren’t important. Sure, I read articles online, but for people who read the newspaper every day, are the really going to want to sit at a fucking computer for hours?? What kind of a waste of time is that? And this may not be the same for many of you, but I get burned out being on the computer. It hurts my eyes to read for an extended period of time. Call me an old soul, but I mean, it IS a giant fucking lightbox. It strains your eyes. My grandparents do the crossword every day. Now will they have to go to Drug Mart and buy those cheap little crossword books? Not the same. Where are all these jobless, hard working people going to go??
BULLSHITTTTTTTTT
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