One of the kids, while learning how the newspaper works, had this question: “Where would the internet get news if there weren’t any newspapers?”

The question is so perfect you have to wonder if he was coached. Because what people who are celebrating the death of newspapers don’t seem to get is this: News doesn’t just fall off a conveyor belt onto the Web. Trained, qualified professionals provide the news that you read on Google and Digg, and bloggers wouldn’t have anything to comment on without news agencies.

Plus, you need the power of newspapers, magazines and TV networks to really dig into the news. These companies have resources that individuals can’t match, and the quality of the news would quickly slide downhill without them.

Dan Savage, the editorial director of The Stranger, does not regret a single word he wrote in the wake of Proposition 8. He does regret the dismal state of reading comprehension today, as evidenced by the confused reaction to some of what he wrote. Mr. Savage would like to state for the record: “Your inability to read isn’t evidence that I’m racist.”

On June 4, Brendan Kiley posted this ad on The Stranger’s classifieds page: “Wanted: Intern for The Stranger’s Theater Section—the old one has lost consciousness. Must be reliable (seriously, no flakes), available on Monday and/or Tuesday afternoons, and believe mindless data entry is a means to getting head.” That should have read: “a means to getting ahead.” We regret the error, which confirmed everyone’s suspicions about us.

Stranger news reporter Jonah Spangenthal-Lee regrets once attempting to pitch a story to Stranger news editor Erica C. Barnett by announcing to her that “There’s this tree in Magnolia.” He has never lived it down.

Dan Savage, author of the internationally syndicated sex-advice column Savage Love and host of the Savage Lovecast, regrets using the phrase “that’s retarded” in his column and on his podcast when what he meant was “that’s stupid.” Using “retard” in that manner is, like, so totally gay.

Now that I’m here though I’m having a lovely time. I went to three seminars in this afternoon, and have at least two more to attend tomorrow. Weirdly, the one I’ve found most interesting was all about copyright law and the internet. Fascinating right? But the thing is, it really was. The time just flew by and I feel like I have a much better handle on how copyrights work, specifically with Web content.

The other two seminars I attended were about blogs — probably a little basic but I got some good ideas for blogs for our paper — and new technologies in journalism. At the beginning of that one, I was skeptical about how useful it wold be, but there was one idea I got that was probably worth the whole hour. I think we may be able to use Twitter in a good way, so I’m excited about that.

In a way, I wish I could stay through Sunday, but the budget just doesn’t allow that many nights in a fancy schmancy hotel. So I’m planning to get as much as possible out of my two days here.

Correct; the sentence should say the book is titled. Books, movies and plays have titles. I am entitled to read them. This mistake is super common. Even many of my coworkers — professional writers — improperly use entitled all the time.

The dictionary can help clear this up if you often find this confusing:

• entitled: qualified for by right according to law; “We are all entitled to equal protection under the law.”
• titled: having or given a name or title; “Many paintings are titled simply ‘Untitled’.”