document.write('<div id="pan_container"><div id="pan_header"><div id="pan_stationAsksImage"></div><div class="pan_pad"><div id="pan_tq"><div id="pan_content_title">KPLU would like your input on this story:</div><div id="pan_content_question">What would you miss if there were no newspapers in Seattle?</div><a id="pan_replyImage" href=\'http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/posts/list/2119423.page\' style="display:block;"></a></div></div></div><div id="pan_messages"><div id="pan_commentsTitle"></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/21/2009 1:49:39 PM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">I personally prefer to read my news in a daily paper. Mainly because of the depth of the news as presented and the content which I can carry around or relax at home without sitting in front of a television or computer screen as a way of doing it. I also like the many extras presented in a paper and I find it deplorable to feel I would have to sit at a monitor or tv screen to enjoy being informed about things in general and nothing in particular as presented by media outside the printed page. That\'s why newspapers and magazines are my preferred choice in being informed.</div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/18/2009 8:13:46 AM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">In these tough economic times it is sad to think that even my dog will be out of a job if there are no more newspapers in Seattle.  We were told by the puppy trainers that a dog needs to have a task in the family so they feel useful.  Most dogs are service-oriented, trained for herding or for hunting and do not often get to serve in the capacity for which they were bred.  Not being hunters, we probably will not use our English springer spaniel "Piper" to do what she has been bred to do.  So we have been letting her bring in our newspaper every morning.  If things are as grim as you say, Piper will be out of a job soon.  I better think of some other household task she can do. She can\'t run the vacuum cleaner, and her idea of washing the dishes is not too sanitary. :)  </div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story: Seattle P-I</span> Added: 03/13/2009 11:01:32 PM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">My Eighty Year History with the Seattle P-I <br/> by Betty Dilly Rahkonen <br/>  <br/> My dad, Alfred Dilly, began my history with the P-I during the 30\'s depression era. He was laid off his job as a railroad fireman and was jobless for over a year with a wife and two daughters to support. A friend told him about a job opening up for a janitor at the Post Intelligencer paper, so he applied for it in person and was hired. He was to work six days a week and earn $19.00. It probably helped that he was a friendly, likable man with a sense of humor. It was a joyful time for our family. I don\'t remember how long he worked there, but long enough to make an impression as he swept and talked. He was eventually called back to the Great Northern Railroad as a fireman, later becoming an Engineer. Thank you, P-I.   <br/> My history continued with the P-I. when I was attending Seattle University. I needed a part time job to pay for tuition and books. My dear dad talked to his old friend whom he had swept around and talked to, Mr. Swails, the Classifieds Manager, who remembered my dad from his sweeping days there and so he agreed to interview me. I remember praying in the Seattle University Chapel for that job. The job entailed taking ads on the phone and delivering copies to different places in the building. This all happened in the old building down town near Frederick & Nelson. I worked there for a time and eventually trained Dick Braun on the Copy Desk. He eventually became the Classified Manager himself.  <br/> When the time came to move to the brand new domed building on Wall Street, I was asked to be a greeter/hostess in the lobby at the grand opening. My work continued there and in the down town ad office a short distance from the Time\'s ad office. Because of my job at the P-I, I managed to pay for my years at Seattle University. This happened in the late 1940\'s ‘til 1951 when I graduated and started to teach school. Thank you P-I.  <br/> I eventually married and had 3 boys and 2 girls. My history goes even further with the P-I., when each of my sons took a P-I. bike paper route. My youngest son, John, won several trips when the P-I. held contests and rewarded the big sellers of subscriptions with trips to: Disneyland (2 times), Disneyworld, Hawaii (2 times), Sun Mountain Lodge and a fishing trip. The 2 girls substituted for the boys when they were gone on Boy Scout hikes or were sick. Thank you P-I. <br/> All these years we have been loyal subscribers. We will surely miss so much about the P-I. Some of our favorite parts of the paper are: sports, comics, Horsey cartoons, Connelly\'s and James\' columns and the editorial articles. We are so sad that our history with the P-I. will end very soon. Reading the P-I. paper over breakfast and coffee will no longer be a part of our lives. Starting with my father\'s time in the early 1930\'s, and extending through the next 80 years, we have enjoyed a long history with the P-I. My sadness goes deep. Thank you P-I.  <br/>  <br/> Betty Dilly Rahkonen <br/> Shoreline</div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/13/2009 1:24:43 AM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">It\'s not whether the news comes to us throught the internet or delivered on paper to my home, the point is is that new organizations, like the P-I, The Times, and the News Tribune certify the journalists and stories.  Whats\' important is the entire news organization.  What is also important about newspaper organizations is how less commercially-viable stories and topics are supported by more commercially-viable topics - in this way more voices and features are presented. </div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/12/2009 3:06:40 AM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">Newspapers serve as the primary news gatherers; before the radio shows, before the television personalities, it is the journalists of the newspapers that discover the news.  Unlike bloggers and twitterists, the journalists are educated, they delve deeply into their subject matter, they make consideration of other sides to a story, and their stories are reviewed by editors.  The end product is a story that I can trust, that doesn\'t waste my time with factual errors, excessive slant, and poor grammar. Newspapers are accountable. Bloggers and twitterists are not.  The notion that the new internet media is somehow "democratic," in that people can submit responses and corrections at the moment is ridiculous (as presented by the UW poli sci professor in yesterday\'s show.) Democracy, that lovely word, is a political ideal.  Journalism is researching and reporting on issues, coherently, and with responsibilty.  The idea that journalism should morph into an interactive experience is nothing more than a chat room filled with the unqualified opinions of the masses.  We need journalists to educate us.</div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/11/2009 9:46:18 AM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">It\'s an interesting balance, and that is why I\'ve enjoyed this series so much. I don\'t own a tv and have never had a newspaper subscription; my news comes purely through rss feeds and streaming kplu/kuow. I\'m the new generation of news readers, who\'s only use for paper is picking up a copy of the Stranger to laugh at "missed connections" over coffee and shredding them for compost bedding. I don\'t see a doomsday of misinformation through the blogs, but I think this is because I naively believe the giants like the NYT will live forever. There will always be a trusted standard of competency, right? Hopefully? But beyond that, as was mentioned here already, not everyone has the internet. If the newspaper fails and we stop going to print, information will be that of the elite instead of the masses. A dangerous future indeed. </div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/10/2009 11:31:18 AM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">We always need newspapers.  No everyone has a TV to watch or has a computer.  Newspapers are vital for news in America</div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/10/2009 10:42:26 AM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">I realize that the wave of the future is online.  However, I must admit to having a handicap.  I can\'t concentrate on a computer screen long enough to read more than a page.  I can\'t read online magazine or newspaper articles (believe me, I try hard!!!)  So I vote for a print paper. <br/>  <br/> Having said that, the concern I have about blogs as mentioned in your article this morning is that they may not be fact checked or researched.  I don\'t want newspapers to become like the National Enquirer where you can get all the "news" without any authority behind it.  I see too many things online that don\'t have the facts (that I can check) behind them that I worry about the accuracy of online "newsblogs."  God forbid we create a scandal about someone without facts and then have to retract.  That\'s like telling a jury to ignore that remark the prosecuting attorney just made.</div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/10/2009 8:05:28 AM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">I would miss my Sunday morning ritual reading the Seattle Times with my coffee.  Unfortunately, I get most of my news from KPLU, TV, or the internet.  I haven’t read a daily paper in years.  It’s still very sad to think that newspapers will be going away. </div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/09/2009 11:42:41 PM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">Newspapers are old and inefficient. They take lots of pulp to make and they only end up lining the cat litter box and for getting the fireplace started. People are too busy on their MySpace page or Facebook to worry about kindling. In another 50 years, the generations will marvel at the amount of waste that an average newspaper generated and wonder how anyone ever could have been so wasteful.  Now, if only John Gilbreath and his worthless Earshot newspaper/organization would kindly follow this trend and disappear, then that would be even better.</div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/09/2009 3:39:43 PM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">There is hope -- some P-I journos are banding together to create an online nonprofit or cooperative news site. Pledges are accepted at SeattlePostGlobe@yahoo.com. See dailyKos story: <br/>  <br/> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/bznx2s" target="_blank" >http://tinyurl.com/bznx2s</a> <br/> </div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: KPLU would like your input on this story:</span> Added: 03/09/2009 1:32:09 PM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">I think the worst ripple effect would be in the local arts.  There are plenty of sources for news via the web, radio, television, and so forth.  But in the arts, the papers serve a dual function of promotion and review, making people more aware of what\'s locally available, and helping to focus them on the events and activities that are worth their time.  I think the two free papers consider this their charter, but they\'re too in love with their own hipness to do a very good job of it.  Even with their declining circulations, the Times & the P-I reach more people in more places, which ultimately does a lot to serve the arts community. <br/>  <br/> Tony</div></div></div></div></div>');