To the editor: The fading of the newspaper will not be just like the decline of paper checks and answering machines (“Certain, the newspaper knowledgeable. However because it fades, those that used it for different issues should alter too,” Dec. 28). It’s much more insidious; it’s contributing to the dumbing down of our society and eroding our democratic experiment.
After we learn solely that which confirms our biases — ensured by algorithms on our smartphones and tablets — we lose perspective, empathy and humanity.
As a subscriber to the Los Angeles Occasions for greater than 40 years, I’m able to learn the educated opinions of each Michael Hiltzik and Jonah Goldberg to know totally different factors of view. I can learn ultra-conservative Josh Hammer and the extra liberal Jackie Calmes. And I can learn the target reporting of Occasions journalists, the sort of reporting that has helped the newspaper win 52 Pulitzer Prizes and different prestigious awards. All this in a single place as I’ve a cup of espresso.
Though I’m not in settlement with a few of his editorial selections which have been publicized, I thank Dr. Patrick Quickly-Shiong for investing on this publication. With out newspapers, there would have been no American Revolution and, subsequently, no 1st Modification. As Continental Congress delegate and historian David Ramsay wrote, “In establishing American independence, the pen and the press had benefit equal to that of the sword.”
Melissa Verdugo, Rancho Palos Verdes
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To the editor: I do know all too properly that finally, my days of receiving a print version of The Occasions might come to an finish. As I enterprise out each morning to choose up the newspaper from my entrance yard, I can’t assist however discover I’m the one one on my total block who nonetheless has dwelling supply (sure, I do know all in regards to the digital model).
As a toddler of the ‘70s and ‘80s, I used to be at all times in awe that, for 25 cents a day, I might maintain in my arms information from faraway locales every day. And though the value of dwelling supply has elevated considerably, to me, my every day dose of nostalgia is value each penny.
Jason Y. Calizar, Torrance
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To the editor: We gave up the arduous copy of the paper years in the past. Nevertheless, I nonetheless learn the eNewspaper each morning on the web site.
I recognize the print version’s curation of stories offered by the editors and designers, a curation that will be in any other case unavailable on The Occasions’ web site.
It minimizes the noise of different articles demanding my consideration and lets me deal with the principle tales of the day. Plus, there are not any annoying mid-article advertisements.
Bob Zwissler, Manhattan Seashore
