The newspaper market has been spiraling downhill fast for the past few years. Why is that? The creation of online articles and mainly the internet makes it hard for a physical paper to thrive. But how could a newspaper or news company stay in business when nobody gets a physical newspaper anymore? In the past the newspaper was the only way of seeing current events and news stories not only from your community but worldwide. Before the television and before the internet you would get the news from the newspaper. That’s why it’s called the newspaper. Everyone in America would wait till that one day that newspaper would come to their doorstep. The times when there used to be a paperboy or would come around on his bike and throw the paper to your doorstep. Now a days most people don’t receive any mail at all. They will have their bills electronically sent to them and most ads are done through emails.

In today’s society there is few newspaper companies that are still in business. The few that are still in business are those who adjusted to the times. These companies include, The New York Times, Los Angeles Time, The Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. Obviously, these are some of the biggest printing companies in the U.S. if not the biggest. Smaller papers tended to fade away after time and technology game around. Some if not all of these major paper companies all started producing online articles that are read almost every day. These articles as sited by many students because these were thought to be reliable articles. In the past this may have been wrong.

At a time in history there was a problem with newspaper stretching the truth. This method was called yellow journalism. It would start by something happening that could be small and insignificant but the newspaper would stretch the truth and make it sound like a big deal. These stories can be so wild that other newspaper companies want to report it and then they stretch that story to a point where there is no truth to their story what so ever. This is how so many stories became such a big deal and there has to be truth behind a story now. Over time there has been laws put in place to prevent lies from being spread. Sometimes newspaper or news articles online might spread the truth, there is no doubting that, but legally there has to be some truth behind what they are saying. I feel TMZ, an online news reporting company and TV show, reports on the most outrageous news. Anything from nudes on celebrities to a baby duck that took its first steps. This company stretches the truth and reports nonsense and I don’t understand how this company is still allowed to make news articles. Personally, I feel the move away from physical newspaper is a good decision but when there is this huge move to electrically, there is lies that come around. Do you feel that this is a good move or the physical paper is better choice?