Time to get rid of newspapers?

All else equal, the quality of the messenger does matter.

OK, is there really any point in newspapers these days? They are expensive (for a quality paper). Inconvenient - you need to get out your house in the morning to buy them. Un-environmentally friendly - paper, transport, printing, etc. And all this for "yesterdays news."

Now that we have the internet - do we really need newspapers?

But this messenger has a low quality message (old, and already known).

I still place a premium on paper format whether or not the news is 20 hours old.

Also, if you read something interesting on the Internet, what are the chances you'll linger on the page long enough to show it to someone else? With newspapers there's the social aspect of talking to other people about what you read that comes with it as well.

Ooh, that's another thing I hate. People who tell me about what they are reading. If I wanted to know - I would have my own copy! lol

Newspapers at least have one use. They can be used as an impromptu umbrella in the event of a sudden downpour. Nobody in their right minds would use a laptop for the same purpose. Unless it was a Macbook Air or a Packard Bell laptop. I'd discreetly support use of the latter for such a purpose.

Sundays aren't sundays without a a good newspaper hangover

well you need something to read on the tube init

So... to sum it up - people like me, who like to kill the planet with my car - doesn't like newspapers. People who take buses, like to kill the planet with papers.

But they're soooo annoying. lol. The pages are too big, and they flap about, and they don't open right, then the cat jumps on top of it to destroy everything. The cat's never torn my laptop ;no;