Today's newspaper is very different from historical newspapers. Some of the differences are the layout of the paper, in today's newspaper we have photographs, more intriguing and eye catching tittles and color in the photos. The language used in the historical newspaper is very different from what we use today. Also many newspapers today are online and contain video interviews of certain events.
I don't think that the government should have that kind of power over newspapers because the newspaper is meant to get the word out about current events and issues in society. The government might not always like what is in the paper, for example if something scandalous happened within the government it should be printed in the paper because people have the right to know.
In today's world we have freedom of expression which they did not have when historical newspapers were published. Although we have freedom of expression if something that could endanger the lives of others the government could sue.
I was very surprised to learn that the first newspaper in Canada was published in Halifax because I would have expected it to be written in a place with a higher population and more advanced city like Vancouver or Montreal. I was also surprised to learn this because you would think that because Halifax is so close to us it would be more of a known fact that Halifax published the first newspaper.
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