I have to respectfully disagree with you on this point.
If liberal opinion killed newspapers, you would have to explain how legions of liberal broadcasters stay on the air.
Liberals have made a mucked-up mess of much of our society, but the decline of newspapers is truly just a result of technology.
In delivering news as it happens, they simply can’t compete with TV and the internet.
In advertising, which is where newspapers make their money, they can’t compete with the internet. Who is going to buy a print ad when they can advertise for free through e-mail and craiglist?
Newspapers are shrinking as did the carriage trade, saddlery, carbon paper, and now the post office. It’s just a sign of the times.
It's late in the day. thanks for the softball question. Simple answer, subsidy.
Rich people interested in steering public opinion buy interests in news media. They are not in it for the money earned by the media, often it's a loss. They are in it for the money and power they garner by swaying public opinion. Example: wealthy oil rich cartel Arabs would prefer Americans not exploit American oil reserves. they would like to encourage Americans to waste money on unproductive wind and solar technologies while they pursue jacking up the price of oil.
The media is corrupt.
It's late in the day. thanks for the softball question. Simple answer, subsidy.
Rich people interested in steering public opinion buy interests in news media. They are not in it for the money earned by the media, often it's a loss. They are in it for the money and power they garner by swaying public opinion. Example: wealthy oil rich cartel Arabs would prefer Americans not exploit American oil reserves. they would like to encourage Americans to waste money on unproductive wind and solar technologies while they pursue jacking up the price of oil.
The media is corrupt.