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    The Way We Read Now: Online versus Print

    The experience of reading a newspaper online is just not the same as holding it in your hands, turning a page, finding a story you never expected. KCRW General Manager Ruth Seymour, KCRW's movie reviewer Joe Morgenstern of the Wall St. Journal and Bob Scheer, formerly of LA Times, now of TruthDig.com and KCRW's Left, Right & Center, share their respective feelings toward the printed word on the computer screen.

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    By Ruth Seymour • Aug 11, 2009 • 1 min read

    The experience of reading a newspaper online is just not the same as holding it in your hands, turning a page, finding a story you never expected. KCRW General Manager Ruth Seymour, KCRW's movie reviewer Joe Morgenstern of the Wall St. Journal and Bob Scheer, formerly of LA Times, now of TruthDig.com and KCRW's Left, Right & Center, share their respective feelings toward the printed word on the computer screen.


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      Ruth Seymour

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