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Man (and woman) has always wanted to know the news, to hear the gossip, to learn about the world. From totem poles, to town criers, to tabloids media have sprung up to tell us what is new around us. According to the MayorSlay.com research team, the earliest news posting was in 59 B.C. when Julius Caesar ordered that acta diurna (literally, “the daily whirl”) be posted throughout Rome, and the earliest news imprinted on paper was in China in 748 (the Yangtze Riverfront Times). So important was the dispersal of news that our Founding Fathers appended to the United States Constitution these words: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press."
But today, how important to the news is “the press" part? With radio, television, and Internet as news media, is the periodically printed but perfectly portable -- paper still a relevant source of news? Does the 24/7 manner of news reporting wear you out? Is it really necessary to learn at 2 am just how much Nick Lachey resents Jessica Simpson? Do you keep your media sources on all the time, or do you still look forward to reading your news at your quiet kitchen table with a cup of hot coffee, a large dog, and a hunk of gooey butter cake?
Tell us your news intake habits in this week’s Mini-Poll, and we will disperse the results throughout the realm.
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