Columnist says newspapers provide "civic conscience"

Georgie Anne Geyer writes for Universal Press Syndicate. She had this to say about the decline of newspapers:

"My quarrel with my friends who brag about reading news on the Internet is that they are taking an active step in the formation of a country without a civic conscience. Only newspapers can provide this, with their multitalented staffs and with the scope of their reporting. Without them, welcome to a truly depressing future - and please, don’t let anyone tell you it had to be."

Citations:

Geyer, Georgie Anne. "The Columbus Dispatch : Georgie Anne Geyer: Wall Street's affliction also is the bane of newspapers." The Columbus Dispatch. 17 Dec. 2008. 27 Dec. 2008 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2008/12/17/gag17.ART_ART_12-17-08_A15_EAC8LV5.html?sid=101.

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