This has nothing to do with reporting news. It has everything to do with the higher-ups lying about circulation figures. When the truth started to come out all the big shots retired with their bonuses and packages all safe and sound. It's the "little people", the workers in the pressrooms and other departments who are now losing their jobs because of what the executives and others did with the circulation numbers.
Newsday isn't the only paper that has done this. Other papers will get caught too. But the bottom line is it's the workers who will pay the price.
Lousy journalism led to loss of circulation. Circulation dips were covered by lies.