Fri
Feb 10 2023
01:07 pm
By: michael kaplan
Ralph Nader was interviewed today on DemocracyNow! on the viability and importance of print media. He's just launched two print papers.
Which leads to asking why, when we have several viable local print papers (see photo) we no longer have an 'alternative' Metropulse, Mercury or Voice. The papers shown below, all distributed free of charge, subsist on ads, public/legal notices and classifieds.

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Discussing:
- Smith & Wesson noise problem (1 reply)
- Musicians dropping out of President's Freedom Concert Series (1 reply)
- It's time for new blood in Congress, Barnett in - Burchett out (1 reply)
- Burning Down The House... (2 replies)
- Behind Lege Lies (1 reply)
- Peace (1 reply)
- Speak your truth, fight and believe. (1 reply)
- Large banks have too much AI data center debt? (1 reply)
- GOP misleading on federal health care funding (1 reply)
- Feds indict civil rights group (3 replies)
- Georgia issues burn ban, first time in state history (2 replies)
- State of TN proposes exempting voucher students from standardized testing (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
- Blount County early voting record turnout (BlountViews)
- Louisville, TN, town center coming soon? (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- How Trump’s giant ‘slush fund’ sparked lawsuits, roiled Republicans and revived Jan. 6 (TN Lookout)
- TN unemployment low, but sheds jobs for the 5th month in a row (TN Lookout)
- FEMA payouts for Tennesseans affected by winter ice storm surpass $36 million (TN Lookout)
- Editor’s notebook: The silence of Tennessee’s ‘statesmen’ (TN Lookout)
- Inside the fight against ‘zombie deer disease,’ scientists confront changing politics (TN Lookout)
- Rental rates and abortion laws: Dems scrutinize states vying to go first in picking a president (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
Local TV News
- Newport man charged with animal cruelty in gruesome dog killing (WATE)
- Man charged with crashing stolen boom lift into Women's Basketball of Hall of Fame (WATE)
- ICE activity in Sevier County raises questions (WATE)
- Bid on 200+ delinquent properties in Knox County Tax Sale (WATE)
- Jamestown daycare investigated after child found on road, two charged (WATE)
- 'Welcome to TN': Gov. Lee visits Unicoi Co. to kick off new signage program (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Temporary lane closures set through week for ‘blue bridge’ inspection - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga Fourth of July celebration to feature 500-drone show - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Dear Abby: New living arrangement would come with serious strings - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Who Is Writing Our Local News, And Who Sent Them? - Chattanoogan.com Breaking News (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Live Updates: Trump says Iran talks continuing at "rapid pace" after regime threatens "other fronts" in war - CBS News (US News)
- Scoop: Trump plans to drop "weaponization" fund - Axios (US News)
- Trump says he spoke to Lebanon's Hezbollah through intermediaries - Reuters (US News)
- Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters released from prison - Colorado Public Radio (US News)
- McDonald's unveils new global growth strategy to win over diners as competition rises - CNBC (Business)
- Thune says DOJ fund will need changes to unlock immigration bill - Politico (US News)
- Remote work — not AI — has sidelined recent college graduates, research finds - NPR (Business)
- Remains of Los Alamos National Laboratory employee missing for nearly a year found in New Mexico forest - CNN (US News)
- Anthropic files for IPO before OpenAI as trillion-dollar startups race to go public - NBC News (Business)
- Watch live: Tyler Robinson wants another delay for Supreme Court to hear cameras in court issue - KSL News (US News)
- Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over AI risks - Politico (Business)
- Barry Diller’s People Inc. Plans a Takeover Bid for MGM Resorts - The New York Times (Business)
- FedEx Freight Completes Spinoff, Joins S&P 500, Dow Jones Transports Indexes - Investor's Business Daily (Business)
- UAW Goes on Strike at Key General Motors Truck Supplier Plant - WSJ (Business)
- Berkshire Hathaway Has First Takeover by CEO Abel, Paying $8.5 Billion for a Homebuilder - Barron's (Business)
Local Media
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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TN Progressive
Nearby:
- Blount Dems
- Herston TN Family Law
- Inside of Knoxville
- Instapundit
- Jack Lail
- Jim Stovall
- Knox Dems
- MoxCarm Blue Streak
- Outdoor Knoxville
- Pittman Properties
- Reality Me
- Stop Alcoa Parkway
Beyond:
- Nashville Scene
- Nashville Post
- Smart City Memphis
- TN Dems
- TN Journal
- TN Lookout
- Bob Stepno
- Facing South

I do miss my print
I do miss my print newspapers. They are still available. I went digital during the pandemic.
Sometimes it seems when print media goes digital they are not as good. I think it has more to do with a smaller audience. Many /some young people don't seem to be interested in real news. If it's not on social media it's not important attitude.
I'm now thankful for the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Miami Herald, and a few others. My local paper, Maryville Daily Times, provides a good service.
I do appreciate KnoxTNToday as well.
Still get Southern Living in paper.