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People set newspapers on fire; they use them for wrapping fish. The Internet does not have that property. What I don't think we've gotten is that you can make things last longer than in print.

— Ezra Klein

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think almost every newspaper in the United States has lost circulation due to the Internet. I also think the Internet will lead to a lot of plagiarism in journalism.

— Will McDonough

My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it.

— Al Capp

It is an odd thing about newspapers that they live by exposure, yet they keep their own worlds concealed.

— Nick Davies

I think newspapers will survive in some form or another.

— Dan Jenkins

I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.

— Vikram Seth

We are not going to do ourselves any favors by buying into what's printed in newspapers.

— Kevin Plank

A newspaper is a public trust, and we will suffer as a society without them. It is not the Internet that has killed them. It is their own greed, it is their own stupidity, and it is capitalism that has taken our daily newspapers from us.

— Michael Moore

✗Opposing Perspectives

I think that the Internet and print behave in a complementary manner.

— Hubert Burda

Newspapers are the engines that drive the Web.

— George Vecsey

We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.

— Sally Quinn