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Old 10-03-2007, 11:04 AM
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Survey of newspaper readership

The Demographics of American Newspaper Readers:

1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.

2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.

3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country and who are very good at crossword puzzles.

4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand The New York Times. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie charts.

5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country -- if they could find the time -- and if they didn't have to leave Southern California to do it.

6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and did a poor job of it, thank you very much.

7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country and don't really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.

8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care who's running the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.

9. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but need the baseball scores.

10. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure there is a country . . . or that anyone is running it; but if so, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped minority feminist atheist dwarfs who also happen to be illegal aliens from any other country or galaxy, provided of course, that they are not Republicans.

11. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.

12. The New Orleans Times Picayune is read by people who have recently caught a fish and need something in which to wrap it.

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Old 10-03-2007, 11:12 AM
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Newspapers in general are for those who spend time in the bathroom, need something to keep themselves occupied and don't have a laptop with wireless internet service.

Other than that they are becoming little more than a coupon and flyer delivery method.
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Old 10-03-2007, 11:19 AM
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That's another good one, Bot. Thanks. I'll be laughing about that for the next hour or so.
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Old 10-03-2007, 11:20 AM
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Newspapers in general are for those who spend time in the bathroom, need something to keep themselves occupied and don't have a laptop with wireless internet service.

Other than that they are becoming little more than a coupon and flyer delivery method.
In a pinch, newspapers are also good for painting projects...and window cleaning!
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In a pinch, newspapers are also good for painting projects...
Fire starting...
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Fire starting...
Pet defecation containment device...
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Old 10-03-2007, 11:29 AM
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So there IS a future for newspapers . . .
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Newspapers in general are for those who spend time in the bathroom, need something to keep themselves occupied and don't have a laptop with wireless internet service.

Other than that they are becoming little more than a coupon and flyer delivery method.
Actually,,, I can't stand to read the WSJ online. There is just something about having the paper in front of me in it's regular format.
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To tell the truth, I hate reading stuff off of computer screens. Well, everything except the drivel I read here . . .
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Actually,,, I can't stand to read the WSJ online. There is just something about having the paper in front of me in it's regular format.
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To tell the truth, I hate reading stuff off of computer screens. Well, everything except the drivel I read here . . .
That's why those if us in the paperless society print everything out
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Newspapers in general are for those who spend time in the bathroom, need something to keep themselves occupied and don't have a laptop with wireless internet service.

Other than that they are becoming little more than a coupon and flyer delivery method.
Unless their tapping their way to stardom...

On another note- I wonder how many people still read paper newspapers vs. internet news. I usually do the internet news and found the Washington Post was a day behind the internet news.
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I laugh everytime I read a government form. They always say something, somewhere among the hundreds of pages about the "Paperwork Reduction Act."
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Thanks Bot that was funny!

I like the WSJ, IMHO its the best paper in the country.

I prefer online news, I stop by Fox a couple times a day and read up. I like Fox News.

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