RE: First amendment of the U.S. Constitution:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Hi Andrew,
The Suncoast News shrinking is one more sign indicating the decline of the Newspaper industry. Some major news papers are publishing only 2 days a week, others transferred publishing to the Internet. That lowers publication cost. However, in some cases their advertising is being substituted and the revenue transferred elsewhere. That is a major problem for publishers and Google.
A free press keeps us informed. We are then able to each make decisions based upon that information. It is so important that it was written into our constitution. We do not have a free press without newspapers, writers and publishers. They are all being lost by having their financial life support gradually cut.
Stephen
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