I have repeated some of the things here to my coworkers in the past. My city for the most part is a community of retired people (baby boomers). They are use to getting their paper, and get angry when the crosswords are missing. You&#x27;d be surprised how many elderly people call and complain about little things like that, or maybe it&#x27;s not so surprising.<p>Social media has changed the way news is reported as well. Everyone is a reporter now and by the time news agencies find out about an incident the public knows more about it then they do.<p>If someone is around when an accident happens they snap a picture and post it on facebook before offering the injured a helping hand. By the time a reporter catches the beat the comments are full of more information than the reporter could gather on their own. &quot;Oh that&#x27;s so and so....etc.&quot;<p>If you went to our website and removed all the click bait, advertising, &quot;non-news&quot; items the page would:
1: load faster :)
2: be mostly empty<p>Sad times for newspapers.