So last night, I get a copy of the Detroit Free Press (remember a time when you could get a paper for 50¢ instead of $1?). The front page headline told the shocking story of a lawyer and his sons in their car when it exploded (car bomb), miraculously surviving the explosion (thank God) and federal agents wondering why the lawyer was the target. Page six of the front section featured an interesting article about Michigan Governor Rick Snyder calling obesity a threat to the future of the state's economy.
And, unsurprisingly, you might say, a look at the editorials and the opinion pieces offered a notable slant in favor of Barack Obama's latest jobs policy, with all but two of the letters to the editor going after Republicans with attacks on their collective intelligence, using class warfare rhetoric, and also the former Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, offering her defense of the President's jobs bill. I'm guessing the question now is why waste a dollar on a newspaper like that?
The answer is simple: I'm a sucker for traditional print newspapers.
For as long as I can remember, there has been a charm about newspapers I cannot resist, like one time I was on a field trip as a school kid. At a rest stop, while everybody else was getting candy or drinks, I went to get the latest edition of USA Today. Even after growing up and realizing most newspapers print garbage and have a slant in their coverage which goes against my own beliefs, the charm has not gone away. And especially whenever I travel, the charm is more potent, whether I'm in Iowa (The Des Moines Register) or Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) or elsewhere. Yes, I'm that big a sucker.
And so ends my latest rambling. Enjoy your paper.
2 comments:
I do too, but I plead guilty to dropping my local paper because I get my news on-line. I still feel kinda guilty about it, but I'm also somewhat of a tree hugger, and I can't read all that every day, so it was a waste of paper.
In my case, I primarily get a newspaper when I'm traveling, especially on long trips out of state. I don't get the chance to see print editions of newspapers from Los Angeles, Amarillo, Tulsa, St. Louis, and elsewhere often, so getting a copy is a golden opportunity.
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