To the editor: The fading of the newspaper is just not 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 grasp completely 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 choices 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, due to this fact, 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 select 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 house supply (sure, I do know all concerning the digital model).
As a baby of the ‘70s and ‘80s, I used to be all the time 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 house supply has elevated considerably, to me, my each day dose of nostalgia is value each penny.
Jason Y. Calizar, Torrance
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To the editor: We gave up the onerous copy of the paper years in the past. Nonetheless, I nonetheless learn the eNewspaper each morning on the web site.
I recognize the print version’s curation of reports offered by the editors and designers, a curation that may 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 primary tales of the day. Plus, there aren’t any annoying mid-article advertisements.
Bob Zwissler, Manhattan Seashore
