Generational reversal

Undertoad · 10-12-2016, 07:55 PM

Pew: old people get their news by TV; young people prefer to READ it

Younger adults more likely than their elders to prefer reading news

...online of course; only 10% of the youngsters claim to prefer to read their news via newspaper, than online. (Oh, those Amish.)

elSicomoro · 10-12-2016, 08:12 PM

Every now and then, I enjoy actually holding a paper in my hand. I grew up reading one, so I still get nostalgic for it.

glatt · 10-12-2016, 09:14 PM

Paper newspapers give me more information than digital does. If you haven't read a newspaper in a while, try it. You see stories you wouldn't otherwise.

lumberjim · 10-13-2016, 12:16 AM

With news, less is more.

Gravdigr · 10-13-2016, 01:45 PM

I bought a USA Today the other day for the first time in a looong time.

Two fucking bucks.

Newspapers ought to cost a nickel.

I might be getting old. I'll be yelling at the kids to get off my lawn before ya know it...

tw · 10-13-2016, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Newspapers ought to cost a nickel.

What was called a nickel back then is called dollars today.

lumberjim · 10-13-2016, 06:57 PM

I nickel is $5. Nobody seems to sell them anymore though.

Gravdigr · 10-14-2016, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I nickel is $5. Nobody seems to sell them anymore though.

Sundae · 10-17-2016, 06:00 AM

I read newspapers in the library all the time.
As I don't have a TV showing 24 hour news, it doesn't seem old to me.
BUT.
They are unweildy and make your fingers very dirty. I love the editorials and the in-depth reporting as opposed to sound-bites, but they are inconvenient even to me, who has all the time in the world left at her disposal.

I'll miss them if they go though. I nearly wrote fold there.

Griff · 10-18-2016, 06:15 AM

I keep thinking I need to sort out the news better, but it is really hard on my mood which impacts real-life.

classicman · 10-18-2016, 12:19 PM

I'm with you Griff - I'm going dark on the newsfront. I can't take it anymore.

tw · 10-19-2016, 08:30 PM

Best was to ignore all political nonsense before the Super Bowl. None of that stuff in Democratic and Republican parties had any relevance then. All have been long forgotten today because it was all irrelevant. Remember that in 3½ years.

classicman · 10-20-2016, 10:05 AM

I remember that you are irrelevant.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-20-2016, 10:43 AM

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tw · 10-20-2016, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

I remember that you are irrelevant.

He's quoting his hero The Donald again.

10-12-2016, 07:55 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Generational reversal Pew: old people get their news by TV; young people prefer to READ it Younger adults more likely than their elders to prefer reading news ...online of course; only 10% of the youngsters claim to prefer to read their news via newspaper, than online. (Oh, those Amish.)

10-13-2016, 12:16 AM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	With news, less is more. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-13-2016, 01:45 PM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I bought a USA Today the other day for the first time in a looong time. Two fucking bucks. Newspapers ought to cost a nickel. I might be getting old. I'll be yelling at the kids to get off my lawn before ya know it... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-13-2016, 06:57 PM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I nickel is $5. Nobody seems to sell them anymore though. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-17-2016, 06:00 AM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I read newspapers in the library all the time. As I don't have a TV showing 24 hour news, it doesn't seem old to me. BUT. They are unweildy and make your fingers very dirty. I love the editorials and the in-depth reporting as opposed to sound-bites, but they are inconvenient even to me, who has all the time in the world left at her disposal. I'll miss them if they go though. I nearly wrote fold there. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-12-2016, 08:12 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Every now and then, I enjoy actually holding a paper in my hand. I grew up reading one, so I still get nostalgic for it.

10-12-2016, 09:14 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Paper newspapers give me more information than digital does. If you haven't read a newspaper in a while, try it. You see stories you wouldn't otherwise.

10-18-2016, 06:15 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I keep thinking I need to sort out the news better, but it is really hard on my mood which impacts real-life. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-18-2016, 12:19 PM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I'm with you Griff - I'm going dark on the newsfront. I can't take it anymore. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-19-2016, 08:30 PM	#12
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Best was to ignore all political nonsense before the Super Bowl. None of that stuff in Democratic and Republican parties had any relevance then. All have been long forgotten today because it was all irrelevant. Remember that in 3½ years.

10-20-2016, 10:05 AM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I remember that you are irrelevant. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-20-2016, 10:43 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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