Chapter 4

1. I think the proper role of a free press is to take opinions from all sides of the argument, and not be biased towards the right or the left side.  I have a friend who was a big advocate for Measure 13 and he was always responding to editorials.  It was good that they were bringing press towards other, often controversial opinions.

2. Local/State, State/Regional, National/World is just to bring awareness as to what is going on for current events. Voices brings opinion, columns, obituaries, celebrations, and weather reports all together for reading. Sports brings the latest in sports news,  Life give more of the entertainment and what is popular in the area as far as style and things to spend money on. 

3. Newspapers can be considered obsolete because it is easier to listen to someone else, whether that is on the radio or the TV, or secondhand information. Unfortunately, there are really no more readers with articles online being sold for free, and perhaps a disinterest in what is going on in the world.  I would hope that they would stick around, being something tangible and something new to read everyday. 

4. The journalists are the ones who first hear the news and are to report to the public what is going on.  Sometimes these reports turn out to be not at all what they thought it was ( a tree branch blowing against the house), but other times it is necessary for the common person to have that information. 

5. News for me is more gossip.  I was really interested in the goingons in Egypt, and kept pretty current with them, although I did not fully understand it.  I thought it was amazing, something like the destroying of the Berlin Wall-- a great step forward in freedom, not only for Egypt but for other countries who are oppressed.