Let's say, um, we're going through changes. Yes, you are correct, readership of daily newspapers in America has declined dramatically in the last three decades. More recently, viewership of network TV news has also taken a similar nose dive. I prefer to believe, however, that newspapers will continue to survive, perhaps with a smaller number of readers, but they will survive because paper that you can fold and put under your arm or in your briefcase is still the most convenient way of carrying around large amounts of information. Kent and Matthew Grade 11 New York A. Kent and Matthew, Television may often be the best way to get the news, if you just want something quick and brief.
Television is good on stories that can be told in pictures.
But for stories that have a lot of detail and few visual images, newspapers are usually better. For example, suppose a train has crashed somewhere. TV news will tell you best about the crash by showing pictures of it. But newspapers will probably do better in telling you why the train crashed by intervewing all the people involved and putting together the most likely explanation from conflicting accounts.