1ST AFFIRMATIVE(6 MINUTES)SPEAK SLOWLY!Thank you madam/mr. speaker.A splendid morning/afternoon I bid to madam/mr. speaker, wise and just panel of adjudicators, meticulous time keeper, fellow comrade, worthy opponents, last but least, members of the noble House.As the Prime Minister, I am obliged to my duty and wholeheartedly supports todays motion which is Thus House believes that newspapers are a thing of the past. Thus, we the affirmative team strongly believe in todays motion. As the first speaker, I would define the keywords in todays motion and explain the role of my fellow colleagues and present the case line for todays motion.Members of the House, The Australian Newspaper Plan libraries have adopted the following definition of a newspaper: A newspaper is a serial publication which contains news on current events of special or general interest and appear frequently. The phrase a thing in the past means something that no longer happens.Members of the House,Members of the house, we the government strongly agree with todays motion based on the following grounds;

1. Technological Change 2. people prefer to pick and choose what news they consume3. Newspapers cannot be environmentally sustained.As the Prime Minister, I will take up the first argument whereas my deputy will deal with the other two arguments. . Whereas the third speaker will rebut and refute the oppositions points so that the truth is revealed and you are not misled by them. Members of the House, Looking back upon the heyday of the newspaper industry, images of angry smoking editors, journalists with fedoras carrying press cards and newspaper vendors on the street shouting Read all about it are evoked. That was back then when nothing MORE than newspapers existed, that is in the form of competition. Yes, the newspaper was a cutting edge as the refrigerator back when the nation relied on its local street boy to find out what was new in the world. Moreover, years ago news would take weeks to weave its way around the globe. Today it takes seconds. A newspaper cant respond as quickly as the internet or television can.In an interconnected global world whereby technology allows us within seconds to communicate across the globe in a variety of forms the newspaper medium becomes obsolete. In the time it takes to write, edit, print and distribute a newspaper the events being covered may very well have changed, when we have the technology to overcome this problem it seems unlikely that newspapers will continue to exist because who wants to read old news? An example of newspapers not being able to adapt to changing events can be seen with the killing of Osama Bin Laden on 2nd May 2011, the story broke too late for the morning newspapers in the UK to be able to change their pages to include the story, it was then subsequently reported a day late on the 3rd May.Members of the House,In surveys conducted by the American Pew Projects for Excellence in Journalism, 41% of respondents said they read news online either from a mobile device or tablet. The trend of getting news from online and digital sources continues to grow and this has sustained in the last 2 years by an increase in the use of mobile devices. Thus, people are able to get the latest news at the finger tips. In other words, when a news is added to a web site, it is immediately available for browsing by millions of internet users. In other words, news can be broken the second it happens, or at least as long as it takes for a witness to type it and publish it online using Twitter or Face book or Instagram and that is only seconds. Thus, it takes away the time lag associated with publishing content and actually making it available to users. These clearly show that the newspapers are obsolete.My dearest opponent, which would you preferpiping hot first hand news or merely reading a stale one-day- old story??? I am sure intelligent, inquisitive and tech- savvy students like you would absolutely prefer firsthand news and experience by watching it in real time on TV and websites.In addition, not only it is tremendously faster to search and read online news but also you can easily get second opinion about the topic. Members of the House,While todays newspapers may appear visually different from the yesteryears, in many aspects they have failed to keep pace with changes in society. The technology revolution has meant that readers accustomed to waiting for a daily newspaper can now receive up-to-the minute updates from web portals, bloggers and services such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.In other words, you dont need a newspaper to read the news. With a tablet, you can sit in your chair comfortably with a game on the television and read the news between plays. In the nutshell, the technological change has shoved newspapers to the edge. So much so the newspaper industry is already in the coffin ready to be nailed and laid to rest.Once again, I would like to reaffirm our support for todays motion which is This House believes that newspapers are a thing in the past. With this, I thank you.

SECOND SPEAKERS SPEECH (AFFIRMATIVE)Thank you, madam/mr. Speaker.SPEAK SLOWLY AND LOOK AT THE FACES WHEN ADDRESSINGA very good _____________, to Madam /Mr. Speaker, honorable judges, members of the government team, time-keeper and members of the house. The motion of todays debate is this house believes that newspapers are a thing in the past. We the government team strongly agree with todays motion. Members of the House, before I enter into our second argument in detail, I would like to refute some of the points put forth by the first speaker of the Opposition team:1. Their argumentHe/she claimed that.This is untrue because(Why it is inaccurate, unbelievable, false )

2. He/she claimed that.This is untrue because(Why it is inaccurate, unbelievable, false )

Moreover, what she /he said is all sizzle and no steak, because her/his arguments are neither valid nor believable.We have to face the fact that this retro-technology has been pushed aside to make way the next flashy technology such as the internet. It is total, completely impractical to dig through a compost pile of newspapers when we can access all the archives using the palm-sized gadgets. It is high time to accept the inevitable conclusion of the newspapers. Members of the House,Our honorable Prime Minister has already explained the technological change has caused newspapers to be obsolete. I will now continue with our second argument. Nowadays, people have become selective readers. People want to pick and choose which stories and columns they consume. In other words, people now prefer to pull the content they want rather than have it pushed on them. In the digital world, readers become their own editor and no longer need to rely entirely on old hierarchical structures. Due the fast paced life, people only want to read what interest them. Thus, the digital world offers this. There is no hassle of flipping through pages of dull, dry, unexciting articles which in fact is absolutely a waste of time. In addition, for those who want to find an answer to questions or do research quickly, they are able to browse through quickly through the websites. Newspapers in the tens pages in length can be skimmed through for a few minutes via online.Members of the House,

Newspapers have no place in the modern media landscape as they are not environmentally friendly, they are a waste of paper when there are many other efficient ways in which news can be disseminated. For example a single annual subscription to the New York Times roughly generates 520lb of waste which equates to approximately 4.25 trees being cut down per reader per year2, when you take into account all the other publications that printed throughout the world this equates to a lot of wastage of increasingly scarce natural resources which could be avoided. Sadly, causing millions of acres of forest are cut each yearfor the newsprint. The last remaining old-growth forests in northern Canada, Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Siberia, and other areas are now being logged for pulp wood as well as plantation. In US, an estimated 5 million acres of forests in the southeastern, the worlds largest pulp producing region are logged for paper each year.Moreover, production of newsprint derives rampantdeforestation. Such deforestation is surelyone of the majorgroundsofglobal warmingthat enhance the climate change while also endanger the subsistence forest habitants, covering many key species like birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, fish and insects.Hence, using digital tools to distribute news is more efficient as you only use resources when the content is actually required rather than the print media method in which the product is printed when it may not be necessarily purchased and consumed.Members of the House, all the facts put forth have proved that newspapers are indeed a thing in the past. Before I rest my case I would like share this quote : They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers. ~James G. Watt, quoted in Newsweek, March 8th 1982Finally, I would like to reaffirm our stance on todays motion that we the government strongly and wholeheartedly support it. Thank you.

3rd Affirmative Speaker( 6 minutes)Thank you, Madam/Mr. Speaker.A very good morning to Madam /Mr. Speaker, honorable judges, members of the opposing team, time-keeper and members of the house.The motion before the House today is :THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT NEWSPAPERS ARE A THING IN THE PAST.We, the government, totally support todays motion.Members of the House,The Opposition Leader has tried you to tell you that This is wrong because.His Deputy also tried to mislead you .. This is absolutely ridiculous because..

Members of the House,Our honorable Prime Minister enlightened you on how in this millennium, we have undergone technological change.

Today, most people get their news via TV networks, mobile phones, computers, kindles, nooks, etc. The newspaper is obsolete. The newspaper used to be the place you could read more about a topic you heard about briefly. Now the internet allows you to read the story more in depth, view comments about it, and read the same story from many different perspectives on other sites. Once the baby boomer generation dies off, newspapers will not circulate. This is because people no longer have to trust a handful of national papers. News aggregation sites such as Google News draw together sources from around the world. The web has in fact opened the closed world of professional editors and reporters to anyone with a keyboard to anyone with a keyboard and an internet connection. In addition, it offers truth ,boundless materials to chew on.Members of the House, Our Prime Minister also pointed out that while todays newspapers may appear visually different from the yesteryears, in many aspects they have failed to keep pace with changes in society. The technology revolution has meant that readers accustomed to waiting for a daily newspaper can now receive up-to-the minute updates from web portals, bloggers and services such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.In other words, you dont need a newspaper to read the news. Members of the House,Our deputy prime minister highlighted that nowadays, people have become selective readers. People want to pick and choose which stories and columns they consume. In other words, people now prefer to pull the content they want rather than have it pushed on them. In the digital world, readers become their own editor and no longer need to rely entirely on old hierarchical structures. Due the fast paced life, people only want to read what interest them. And this what the digital world offers .He further explained that due the fast paced life, people only want to read what interest them. They do not have time to read through the tens of pages of the newspapers. People only read what they want to read and they want it fast. If a person wants to get an interesting article, he would just have to click the link on the web and wala.he is instantly taken to the full article.Members of the House,Newspapers have no place in the modern media landscape as they are not environmentally friendly, they are a waste of paper when there are many other efficient ways in which news can be circulated. For example , 500,000 trees are killed each week for an American Sunday paper. when you take into account all the other publications that printed throughout the world this equates to a lot of wastage of increasingly scarce natural resources which could be avoided. In other words, newspapers must be put to an end because more and more trees are cut down daily. The consequences will be cause a huge impact on Mother Earth such as Green House Effects and Global Warming. Thank goodness many people are going green and are doing their utmost best to conserve the nature. Because of this awareness, people prefer to read online rather than buy the newspapers. Hence, the newspapers readership is declining sharply and will soon has the same fate as the dinosaurs.Members of the House, all the arguments to forth by our team clearly show indeed Newspapers are a thing in the past. I would once again reaffirm our stance in support of todays motion that This House believes that Newspapers are a thing in the past. With that, I rest my case. Thank you

Summing Up Affirmative ( 4 minutes)A splendid morning once again to madam / mr speaker, wise adjudicators , the opposing team and members of the House.Allow me first to reaffirm our teams stance on todays motion which This House believes that Newspapers are a Thing in the Past. Before I sum up our teams argument for this motion, I would like to refute what the opponents have said.The opposing team tried to delude us by stating thatThis is absolutely untrue because.In addition, they claimed that...We strongly believe that you did not buy their outrageous idea when they saidMembers of the House,We the government has shown you the truth but allow us to once again present the 3 main arguments we put forth.Our honourable Prime Minister explained the definitions and our first argument which is technological change. He put in plain words how technological change has caused the death of newspapers. The trend of getting news from online and digital sources continues to grow and this has sustained in the last 2 years by an increase in the use of mobile devices. Thus, people are able to get the latest news at the finger tips. In other words, when a news is added to a web site, it is immediately available for browsing by millions of internet users. In other words, news can be broken the second it happens, or at least as long as it takes for a witness to type it and publish it online using Twitter or Face book or Instagram and that is only seconds.Our Deputy Prime Minister continued to go into details on the other 2 arguments put forth ; that..1. people prefer to pick and choose what news they consume2. Newspapers cannot be environmentally sustained.Members of the House,Nowadays, people have become selective readers. People want to pick and choose which stories and columns they consume. In other words, people now prefer to pull the content they want rather than have it pushed on them. In the digital world, readers become their own editor and no longer need to rely entirely on old hierarchical structures. Due the fast paced life, people only want to read what interest them. Thus, the digital world offers this. There is no hassle of flipping through pages of dull, dry, unexciting articles which in fact is absolutely a waste of time. Readers become their own editor. In addition, they are also able to get opinions from others which something a printed newspapers cant do. Members of the House, newspapers will soon be a retro tech because it cannot be environmentally sustained. More people are becoming environmentally aware and doing their part to conserve Mother nature. Millions of trees are being cut down to be made as papers. Thus, there is a sharp decline in newspapers readership as this awareness is wide spread. Indeed, Newspapers are a thing in the past.Last but not least, I would like to reaffirm our stance for todays motion that Newspapers are a thing in the past. With that, I rest my case. Thank you.