The abundance of pro-Herald letters to the editor indicates just how so many of us long-time readers feel about the threat to our education and entertainment. A Herald subscriber since 1966, I followed the reading habits of my folks, and still do, but my kids don’t.
As pitiful as the potential loss is, we’ve watched it coming like a light in a train tunnel. We’ve seen so many changes from the days when the daily paper was king. Movie house newsreels and TV drew us away, and now the online threat is held in the hands of so many, but who wants to pit editorial integrity against AI?
Google indicates about 2,100 papers have closed down since 2004. Quick access, but where will I find the reliable local information that’s so important in our daily lives?
Remember the days when the papers were full of ads? The ads that are so necessary to support the journalism. You and I may still be subscribers, but time and method, and increasing costs to pay employees and publish their fact findings, will soon have us remembering the old days when we depended on The Herald for reliable information. If The Herald goes under, many will never know what they’ve lost over time, but we will.
Ron Larsen
Everett
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