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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 1, 2009

Regarding "The Nation Needs Newspapers" (Other Views, Jan. 26):

It is very sad to see what is happening in the newspaper business. I can understand why it is happening, but to me, there is something comforting about opening my blinds in the morning and seeing my Tampa Tribune waiting for me. As a matter of fact, nothing ruins my day more than not seeing my paper there. This doesn't happen very frequently.

When I was a little girl growing up in Buffalo, N. Y., I can't remember a time when we didn't have newspapers delivered to our home.

I cannot imagine having breakfast without my morning paper. Coffee without my paper? Tell me this won't happen! I do have the Internet but have no desire to get my news sitting in front of that cold screen.

I really get annoyed that the media, especially television stations, assume that everyone has access to the Internet. They give you a little tease to a news item, and then tell you that if you want to hear the entire story to go to their Web site.

Most of my friends are in the 70- and 80-year age groups. Some don't have a computer, and some don't want one. If it weren't for my children, I may not have a computer, either, but they insist on me keeping up to date with the 21st-century technology.

ELLEN BOLDT

Brooksville

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