My niece, upon hearing me say that I was reading a newspaper

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Scooter
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My niece, upon hearing me say that I was reading a newspaper

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Oh Uncle Scooter, that's so 20th century.
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Re: My niece, upon hearing me say that I was reading a newsp

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How about a lesson for the Neice that print newspapers may be 20th century, but journalism remains an import part of a free and open society.

Teaching her the difference between real journalism and the crap that passes for reporting these days would be a valuable lesson.
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It was certainly easier to distinguish between well-researched and well-considered articles when things were only in print. One of the main activities of librarians now is to educate students on the reliability of the information they access.

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Re: My niece, upon hearing me say that I was reading a newsp

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Okay, now what would be a good response to that...

Hmmm...

How about:

"Uncle Scooter, that's so 20th century."

"Yeah, I know...so is giving presents to younger relatives; I should probably stop doing all these old fashioned things..." 8-)
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