Some conservative leaning pundits, bloggers, and "everyday people" seem to be gleeful about the state of newspapers in this country, and they say it is because the newspapers are organs of the Democratic Party. I suppose that's a soothing thought for some people, but just because it is soothing, it doesn't mean it is right. If you care to really think about it, here are some things to consider.
- Most blogs that focus on the "news" of the day, even when the news is political, don't do original reporting, they report on information from online newspapers, other blogs, and television news.
- A web site that many on the left says leans conservative, The Drudge Report, is actually just a news aggregator. Matt Drudge gets many of his "tips" from the reporters themselves.
- How many people no longer read newspapers because the information is available online? Why pay for a subscription to a newspaper when you can go online and read the articles of interest?
- We live in a 24/7/365 news cycle. if a story breaks at 8 AM, by the time the newspaper comes out, it is already old news. The best the newspaper can do is give more in depth information about what happened, but they don't get the breaking news. Compare that to CNN, MSNBC, or Fox News.
- Because people are getting more of their news online, the advertisers are going online where the costs are less than in the print media, which also hurts the newspaper's bottom line. So you have a double whammy of people not subscribing AND the loss of ad revenue.
- In general, the U.S. population is reading less. Who is going to get hurt more by this sad fact?
Those are just some things to think about.
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