Diversity is important but the Trib has it's bias
Local news helps inform the government and the people
Not sure
There has to be some factual basis to print stories in newspapers. That’s why we need good reporters.
I like the Tribune for it's news.
Open. Press is very important.  The Tribune brung balance.
Various points of view are a good thing.
I always think it is good to have a balance in the news sources available
Source for current local news and events.
Like local articles
Only if they report the facts
I think it is important due to freedom of speech and accessibility to information.
It’s always better to read more than one opinion. Newspapers are not any more objective than any other medium.
No opinion
It is not run by the church so it has more relevant information
Provides a balanced opinion
Some people like to read, more reliable.
another opinion
The press provides an important source of transparency and accountability.
knowledge of other opinions
I just think newspapers are important.  If we could get a decent daily in St. George we would
We need balanced views on all things covered in a newspaper
The Tribune is no better at holding the LDS church accountable AND the Trib has yet to show the mormons have done anything illegal or immoral. And minority?? Are you talking about democrats?? Does New York give a voice to Republicans? How about California or Oregon?? Booohooo for the dems, LOL!
All the above are awful options
The people of SLC need a good informative newspaper.
While it is very agenda friven it is good to have local papers for the communities to speak. The slt usually doest  take that into consideration. It thinks it is an opinion paper. It eill do better if it stays NEWS paper
I think many of your statements are offensive.  A newspaper doesn't hold religions or politicians accountable, people, laws and the courts do.  Why don't they hold the Catholic, Baptist etc accountable?  Why don't the hold theives, pornographers, rapist or murderers acvountable? Because they don't have that kind of power.  The news is to report honestly and with integrity the voice of all people and not be caught up in over powering the people they serve.  Just the comments made here make me never want to have a subscription.  I expect more from a newspaper than slander, bias and bigotry. How can I trust that reports on the LGBTQ are true for a family member, a report on my sitter in laws religion the baptists or if my adopted native american children are being treated fairly if you think you are the ones to control a church or a politican
It's always good to have competition and keeping the Tribune in business should hold Des News in check.
I think all forms of sharing are good. it would be sad to lose any new source
no opinion
Gives people employment
It helps to learn about issues from different perspectives
Must report news & stay out of the fray. Do not tell me how to vote
never read it so can- comment
Salt lake tribune provide a counter balance to the prevailing Conservative mind set
Freedom of speech
Investigative reporting, non-bias reporting
I like a balance
Multiple local news outlets are important.
Stupid choices
I don’t care
It is a combination of all of the above, not just one of them
Print needs to stay alive.
Jobs. I don't trust that the LDS church has nothing to do with them. The rest of that is not true.
Diversity of opinions
It's important to have a variety of opinions/voices.
almost last newspaper left
SL Trib is not the ONLY paper that hold politicians accountable but it is definitely one of them. I think good, responsible news outlets are invaluable and the SL Trib does a great job.
Freedom of the press is essential to a healthy republic
We need media to hold government accountable
I think that tangible newspapers should cease to exist because of the internet.
We need a free press to speak for the majority
Not give in to the Corporate Agendas
I actually avoid it--thejournalists and topics are biased haters. I don't find it relevant news anymore.
Also need a print source for News
The Tribune offers a balanced  alternative to the more conservative-leaning Deseret News
Loyalty
Diversity of opinions and perspectives are important
UTAH needs more REAL newspapers!
it is a trustworthy news source.
It's important for people to have access to news
We need local newspapers to be watchdogs in local issues. Ie Pulitzer Prize waned by the  Trib for covering abuses against women at BYU and Utah State.
More points of view is always better.
people need options for where they get their news
creates unified plublic sphere
It is important that the newspaper companies stay alive because it is a form of information to a specific group of people. It takes a lot of effort to write a news article.
More Small town local papers
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Im not sure any of the reasons are completely accurate.  And I admit my hypocrisy.  i think the age of newpapers is over.  And partly because people, like me, can find what we need to know for free.  BUT, as long as there is a Deseret News, perhaps there should also be a Salt Lake Tribune.
It's good to have a wide-ranging set of viewpoints, even if those viewpoints differ from one's own viewpoint.
alternate voices needed
Jobs and people who like papers
A vibrant and diverse media is healthy for democracy
Another voice, another opinion. We need many opinions.
Most  unbiased journalism. Does not place as much emphasis on political points of view.
Catalyst
it provides a needed balance
What a crap question
A news outlet is important, but the slant on issues need be carefully scrutinized.
I think local paper still gives a different perspective than social media or TV coverage
Tribune has gotten so awful that I now subscribe to NY Times
Any and all newspapers are where anyone can find all historical events that they are able to clip and pate manually without having to click any electronic devices or fighting with the internet. More people in the U.S than you people realize don't have the means to benefit from the internet.
Competition is helpful to keeping the truth
It provides an additional view point.
We need differing points of views and perspectives
Like having different perspectives and opinions on current events, even if I disagree with them
Good to have balanced news.  Unfortunately all news is polarized.  The truth is in the middle.
It's important to have as many sources to draw information from before making conclusions
I feel that independent businesses are important.
Salt Lake needs 2 daily papers
most newspapers lean left, thats why they go out of bussiness.
Different viewpoints
Competing views are always in the best interest of everyone in a democracy.  What the LDS Church did this year to citizens who voted for medical marajaunia for sick and the dying by tell state legislators how to vote and singing. Maybe they should have been arrested for protesting and disrupting the people's business?  votes in Utah should cause them to loose thier non-profit statis because that violatesple how to vote.  laws telling peoverturn  should be available both conservative and progressive so people have a choice.  Online ad revenue should help.
I don't read/follow the SLT
Why would want to the LDS church accountable.
People need to know what is going on.  Even if they don't have access to electronic media.
It provides another perspective, usually dishonest and slanted, but it’s another opinion.
it gives different views of opinions
It is good to have a voice that is not digital in nature.  We need stories that have been researched .
some do not utilize technology sources
It is good to have different opinions
A balance of voices
Don't know
Obituary
Peter Huntsman & the rest of the family need to do some deep soul searching!
user friendly media
The newspaper can reach a large demographic
It doesn’t seem that any newspaper is holding the LDS Church accountable, nor does any paper speak for Utah’s minorities. Still, I would trust it over the Deseret News.
So that those who don’t have access to the internet or tv have a way to get news.
Alternate perspectives are always needed
N/A
There needs to be multiple people telli g the story so that people can research the truth.
I support newspapers in general staying in business.
If tghe SLT were balanced, the paper could prove to be valuable. As it stands now, the paper is too far left so I read the Wall Street Journal.
It's important to have a local newspaper
Idk
It gives a voice for opinions of others but by no means is better than desert news
Jobs
It is biased but we need newspapers and we need them to be fair and give opinions of both sides.  I don't know if it ever prints positive stories about President Trump so it should be honest and say what is good as well as what is bad.
We need their voice in this state!!
All the above.
There are still people who have no access to news other than in a newspaper
The more local newspapers SLC has the more news that can be reported on.
Freedom of the Press is important
I think it is sad that news paper would have a reputation for holding a faith group accountable people choose to participate in a faith group or they don't there for the people decide what they accept or reject i think it is sad that a faith group would be targeted
I think newspapers are important. We can not a get one delivered in southern utah
I have a hard nothing if what they print is true
SL Trib is one of many tools necessary to keep the public informed.  Multiple sources/opinions provide a fuller view of the actual truth.
We need news outlets
Their has to be some truth to what can be printed. Reporters hold people accountable
News not opinion pieces
Balance in reporting
We need a newspaper to line our bird cages with
No comment
It is important for the people of SLC to have a goof paper.   f
More voices and opinions are good for the populace
we need other avenues for getting news
Just another paper, no particular reason they should stay in business,  but would be sad to see them go.
Print form is crucial in our nation and helps to maintain the awareness and balance of all views
If closes it would cause a great many people their jobs
Maybe the Trib is not the ONLY newspaper to spaeak for the minority in Utah, but it is the strongest in this regard.
This is a terrible survey and you all should be ashamed
Its an additional avenue to educate the public
SLT is largest & capital city paper, non-religious.  Other papers also hold politicians accountabe, &c. But the SLT is uniquely important
Sharing news is important
Although I don't have time to read the Trib daily, I continue to subscribe in order to support their efforts to keep our local newspaper alive.
Utah will have a difficult time convincing organizations such as the international Olympic committee to come here if we don’t have anything holding people in power accountable to the people. SLC will be a joke.
It’s not a crucial source
Living in this state, it is hard to think that the SLT can hold politicians or LDS accountable.The church runs the state and the LDS make sure the LDS politicians secure the spots running the State's affairs. It's not so different than the Trump regime.
No prob
I think it’s important for SLC to have both the Trib and D. News. They equal each other out.
balanced opinions
Not everything should be online
The SLTrib does fantastic reporting, and they've done a great job at holding institutions accountable. I don't like the options in this survey because they use the word "only". For example, KUTV has done some great reporting on the Church and holding them accountable, and I consider it to be a trustworthy source. While I do believe that the SLTrib does speak for the minority in Utah, and it is indeed trustworthy, and it does indeed hold the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints accountable, and it certainly holds politicians accountable; it certainly isn't the ONLY paper that does that, or that has the ability to do that, haha.
Good to have competition. Although I don’t like the Tribune
local media that goes in depth is the best way to get people to be educated in how community is important in their life
Because There is no other large legit paper in Utah. The Deseret news is nothing but a Mormon Tabloid that waters down the news. That's if on certain days they can even figure what is news in Utah.
I havn't read the Tribune for many years now.  Traditionally it has been all of the above, however with the new political climate I don't know if PC politics skew the papers view now.  If it does its only good for starting camp fires imo.  If it remains the same as decades past then its worthy of remaining an excellent news source.
It provides another source and viewpoint
It’s another source of news besides tv, Internet etc
We need 2 papers, Mormon money will.always keep the Dnews profitable
We need to keep the people accountable
It's a viewpoint. The best one for me? Haven't read it, so I can't say. People need varying viewpoints, though, so it needs to stay.
I think print media is important.
Utah needs an independent voice.
Provides jobs
It is important to keep society informed of what is happening in our state whether its politics, state issues, education or what is going on in the world to keep public informed.
It is important reputable papers keep reporting
I don’t like the Trib because it is to liberal. Reporters write the news according to what party they belong too & mostly libs!
A good paper - but becoming more partisan.  Still my choice for most objective news.
City needs news not managed by LDS church
It’s needed to hold the politicians and LDS church accountable but not the “only” one that should be
We need multiple people reporting and writhing about local stories.  the challege is who and how and where people are reading .
SLTribune is a bit to liberal for me, but it is good to hold organizations accountable, but it must be able to maintain it's viable private business platform
Just like it’s important to still have books to read we need to be able to have something that doesn’t rely solely on electronic devices
Need multiple perspectives and sources
So people can keep jobs
I think som people don’t have access to internet for new. I would still take the paper but after over 20 years of delivery, they dropped my service because I was 3 months late. I had alway payed in in 3 month increments.
Many people ONLY read local news so there needs to be an outlet for that.
Nationwide, we must always support a free press.
I believe the media has it's place, I trust the Tribune, just wish they didn't have to charge for online access.
Salt Lake Tribune offers a liberal viewpoint in a locally conervative saturated market.
The Tribune offers an alternate voice but should not be the only information source.
It’s good to read all sides of a story to get the truth. I don’t solely read the tribune and neither should anyone else.  We need a variety of news not only one side and all of these answers are biased so the paper is pandering to someone’s biases.  Why would anyone only get their news from one paper.  Stay open because we need another voice but I’m not going to only subscribe to the tribune and I don’t align my thoughts with any of the above answers
Paper of record for the state
Most unbiased reporting
I see the importance of newspapers as getting deeper into a news story than other types of media.
I believe the Tribune does a good job of accurately covering local issues. I think that journalism is needed.
The press is an important part of our constitution (bill of rights); we need journalists as a check on everything--business, religious and political influences. However, the Trib is not (and should not) be the ONLY source of accountability.
It is important to have variety in the press.
Multiple view points
Sports page
Everyone is entitled to their opinion
We need to be able to read a variety of points of view
Need diversity in news coverage
All angles of political events should be explored
they provide the pulse of the local community
News media needs an outlet. Some people rely only on printed news.
The free press is a vital part of our democratic institutions
I don’t get it.
The Salt Lake Tribune seems to historically favor no bias/slight left bias.
Counterpoint to LDS Deseret News. Diffeeent point of view.
Gives an opinion usually contrasting to state norms (LDS)
A newspaper should be fair in its reporting/
It is a good source for local news. Also it keeps you up to date on the crime, corruption, political scams. It is also the best way for a citizen to reach the public with reporting what the local government is doing under the table, such as when Herbert was doing the pay for play. I really hate in people hold their self out a rightous and then betray the public trust like most of them do. If you really want to sell papers let people in the public reach you with the corruption they are aware of and decide wither it is worth following.
It's tangible and can be read at our leisure
Good to show all sides of issues
Just hate seeing businesses go out of business
You got to put your Thoughts into Free Press ? The Freedom Of Speech ? Deseret News is Pretty much LDS Corp. No Real Free Speech There ! Internet is Killing Newspapers. If People Spent Half Of what is Spent on Internet? They wouldn’t crash or Close doors ! Mormons pay for Deseret Papers , Because Church Behind Them , in my Opinion only !
The Tribune focuses on issues that are not covered by other papers and it provides more in depth coverage of issues
Different views of issues in different mediums
Varying opinions
free press important
Robert Kirby & Pat Bagley
Only if it reports the news, with no agenda one way or the other!  Otherwise, get rid of it!
People need the ads for shopping
None of the above. - just tradition
It's important that different voices are available to the public
Freedom of the press
we need independent journalist to hold government accountable
important to have several sources for information from newspapers, news stations, social media, international reports, etc. No one source is a best source but rather several sources give a comprehensive viewpoint and picture that is not skewed. I would never rely on one source for my news. Multiple sources and viewpoints and my own research based on primary sources are the best way to aggregate news.
I don't like the salt Lake Tribune, that's why I think it should stay in business. It is important to have a news resource that presents information in a way that is different than other news outlets. It's important to have a choice. Just as long as the information is truthful.
I don't like the first option. Don't feel any paper should hold any religion or beliefs RRESPONSIBLE.  Newspapers should report just facts and do so objectivly without bias or an agenda.
More Honesty
It's Salt Lake City's paper.
to keep people employeed
It's point of view is needed
Utah needs diverse coverage
We need newpapers for the members of the community that do not have regular access toTV/Online News
SL Tribune is a liberal piece Dog S___
It’s good to have different news avenues to look at. We need ways of being able to get the news.
It often provides another point of view on the issues.
Checks and balances
I care about fair, objective, unbiased news with a variety of opinions.  While I value what the Trib brings to the table, I feel the emphasis on living up to its self-proclaimed role as the "watchdog" often comes at the expense of objectivity and introduces bias.
There should always be varied options available for people to read and judge by
I read Deseret News
i'm not a reader
The rest of the answers/options were laughable!
We need multiple points of view
Not sure
A different opinion is important.