Newspapers

During our newspaper lecture we learned about a man named John Peter Zenger. This man published an article accusing the king of unfair actions. He was sent to court where the ruling was that the press had the right to say what they wanted if it were true. This is very important to journalists because it is the first case that established freedom of the press from the first amendment. Then we went on to talk about why we still read newspapers. I thought this was an interesting topic as I have always wondered what keeps them around because I've always felt like my family was the only one who got the paper. It turns out many tings keep them around including tradition, affordability, and the fact that it's a physical object and not virtual.