This is a tactical victory in a strategic loss...a symptom of American illiteracy and reliance on national soundbytes rather than local news and in-depth analysis.
Some shallow FReepers will just blindly cheer it, though, like clueless passengers of the Titanic who stop and listen to the lovely music from the band. But libs are fine, since the sooner newspapers go down, the quicker media control is tightened by the left.
The Bulletin is great, but their reporting corps couldn't cover if the Inky and DN stopped publishing. Maybe someday... :-)
These papers knew they were cutting their own circulation with their propoganda, but they continued to advance their political views over good business sense. They could have adjusted to present a more even-balanced readership and they didn’t because they wanted to advance their politicalk agenda.
They chose their current situation.
The WaPo turned the tide for Webb down in VA with what amounts to millions of dollars in free ad space on the front of their paper in September and October 06. i don’t feel the least bit sorry for their loss of readership.
Some thing else will come up for those who like their news in newsprint.