Creepy 1981 story about online newspapers

By revere on February 1, 2009.

I like newspapers and we subscribe to two dailies at our house. But in truth I find myself reading the news online, not in dead tree form. We all know the newspaper business is in big trouble. Which is why there is something just a little creepy about this 1981 news story on San Francisco TV station KRON (hat tip Boingboing):

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Both Nostradamus and the Mayans predicted the rise of internet news. It's just one more clue that the 2012 prophecy is indeed true.

Hey Edmund, you're on the wrong thread, go to today's Freethinker one.

Can we retire "dead tree" already? It was already old years ago.

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