Delivery Information:There is are many differences in the way newspapers today, and newspapers years ago presented their information, and also a huge difference in how they were created! Today, we have very clean, crisp and clear news papers, which are made easy to read. Years ago, newspapers were small with only one or two sheets of paper, and didn't tell much about community news, but news from Europe mainly and things to do with the war's going on. The big difference was that it was not easy to get your information for the newspapers, new's traveled by mouth, which means it would take much longer to get all the information together. Today, we can just search up something on the internet and there it is!
Newspaper Suppression:Personally, I believe Publick Occurrences deserved freedom of speech, even if they were speaking about the government. It's unfair that they were shut down, just for speaking about their views on the government, and its clear whatever they had to say, the government didn't like. Of all things the government has control over, they should focus on real life issues, rather than what someone is saying in a paper.
A newspaper before its time:Publick Occurrences talked about controversial information and got news out there that was more risky to post, which is a lot like our internet today, because EVERYTHING gets posted there. I agree that they were "a source of interactive journalism a full three centuries before the Internet." because they are what you would consider "internet" back in their time, they were the most advanced at the time, even if they did not have the technology we have today.
Publishing today: Newspapers today can post critical things about the government, businesses and etc. because they are the voice of the people, and they share their opinions and reviews on things. They can let people know the truth about whats going on, or personal experiences and I think that they can continue to do that, because the people have more say over things than what the government and businesses do. They have freedom of speech to say whatever they want, which may not be good for the government and others, but is good for the people who deserve to know the truth.
Newspapers in Canada: I'm not overly surprised that the first newspaper was posted in Halifax, but I would of figured it would come from a more larger province that could afford to put more money into making their newspapers, or would receive more information to add to them to make it more popular. Halifax is a large city in Canada that people know of, so its understandable that it would start there.
