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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Sun Jan 29, 2017, 11:01 AM Jan 2017

Drumpf's insipid war on the print press

The main reason the print press is in turmoil is because of the advent of the internet. Readers can get the content for free or expect to get the content for free. Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?

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Drumpf's insipid war on the print press (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 OP

I've never bought into this theory and the facts disprove this theory. I don't think that Americans Trust Buster Jan 2017 #1

Trust Buster

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1. I've never bought into this theory and the facts disprove this theory. I don't think that Americans

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 11:12 AM

Jan 2017

are reading the news online with the effort we have seen in the past with newspaper readers. As a result, today's electorate is more uninformed than at any other point in our lifetime. I believe America has become intellectually lazy. I don't think it's a subscription issue at all. Only 42% of Americans polled being able to name the three branches of the federal government is not a subscription issue. Just as many thinking that the ACA and Obamacare are two different health plans is not a subscription issue. It's an intellectual laziness issue.

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