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Thursday, November 8, 2018

No Longer a (News)paper

Tuesday, of course, was election day.
At the pie-and-coffee session they were talking about how there were no election results in Wednesday’s  Des Moines Register.
Several people said they couldn’t believe it.
I looked at the paper and believed it.
Executive editor Carol Hunter wrote on the front page that if you wanted to read any election news you’d have to read it online—-meaning your computer, tablet or phone.
That was a first. Another example of how the paper is no longer a [news]paper.
This sad situation reminds of how, in a ridiculous move, the paper this fall waited until Sunday to publish the results of high school football games that were played Friday night.