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Posted By: Chris Jr., 7/8/2019 4:51:28 PM

The Youngstown Vindicator will shutter on August 31, giving other newspapers a marketing opportunity. The Washington Post ran a column, "'Democracy . . . is about to die in Youngstown' with closing of the local newspaper." But democracy won't die in Youngstown, Ohio. Nor will our constitutional republic die. Youngstown existed before the Vindicator began, and the city will exist long after the Vindicator is gone.

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Does THIS post help explain How the Press is the "Enemy of the People"???

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Starboard_side 7/8/2019 5:21:34 PM (No. 117834)
Democracy is hurt when newspapers stop reporting the news, and providing information, and turn to only spewing whatever they deem to be the news offered by the DNC talking points. When you don't investigate the Democrats as vigorously as you do for even the hint of a mistake or flub, by a Republican, then you are hurting Democracy. When you determine that every single time you mention Trump, you must have some sort of negative comment too, then you are hurting Democracy.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: udanja99 7/8/2019 6:56:04 PM (No. 117947)
No, newspapers hurt a representative republic.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Lawsy0 7/8/2019 7:01:01 PM (No. 117953)
Even though the newspaper business fed me, clothed me and kept a roof over my head for the first 20 years of my life (Dad worked there), the vaunted press has become an advocate for only a slim portion of the entire population and it high time they gave up the ghost. That would be the ghost of fairness, of balance and truth. Most home-town newspapers are even printed somewhere other than the town they serve. Don't let the door smack you on the -30-.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: john56 7/8/2019 9:38:55 PM (No. 118077)
Speaking of "The Enemy of the People," which is also the title of Jim Acosta of CNN's book, I was going through the ATL airport last week and every bookstore had a bunch of copies of his book. I almost bought a copy, thinking it was his autobiography. And not a single copy of Mark Levin's latest best-seller. Still loads of copies of Mrs. Obama's book.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: snakeoil 7/8/2019 11:40:33 PM (No. 118169)
When newspaper came on the scene there was no need for the town crier. When the internet came on the scene there was no need for print newspapers. It's The Gorbot's fault for inventing the internet.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: bpl40 7/9/2019 10:01:17 AM (No. 118493)
The sooner the funny papers, NYT/WaPo go under, the better off the world will be. They are not just beyond their useful life but actively harmful to the body civic.
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