http://disqus.com/people/sbisson/enWed, 26 Aug 2009 17:53:29 -0000http://fakesteve.disqus.com/rip_ted_kennedy/#comment-15440538So Fake Steve is really <a href-"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Thribb" rel="nofollow">E. J. Thribb (17½)</a>...sbissonWed, 26 Aug 2009 17:53:29 -0000http://scripting.disqus.com/how_will_we_get_our_news_scripting_news/#comment-6841712I don't understand your reasoning here. Local papers are what we need most, more than national papers. It's the local news that sheds light on things that are happening and wrong in our communities. National papers don't have the resources to do that at a local level.<br><br>I'd rather live in a world with local papers and no national papers than in one that only had national papers.superjaberwockyTue, 03 Mar 2009 12:04:50 -0000http://scripting.disqus.com/how_will_we_get_our_news_scripting_news/#comment-6834017Not here in the UK. Local papers particularly are shadows of their former selves. Right now, reporters at the Yorkshire Post, close to where I live, are taking industrial action over salaries and job cuts (<a href="http://is.gd/ly7e" rel="nofollow">http://is.gd/ly7e</a>). For me, if newspapers go under the problem is felt most severely at local level. Also, we are in danger of creating news and comment ghettos for those who do not have access to the net - many such people still exist. For them, reading rather than watching the news would be a thing of the past.ickledotTue, 03 Mar 2009 02:55:56 -0000http://scripting.disqus.com/how_will_we_get_our_news_scripting_news/#comment-6809621The problem isn't one of newspapers dying - it's one of too many local papers and no real national paper. The newspaper is doing just fine elsewhere in the world.sbissonMon, 02 Mar 2009 19:42:01 -0000