the truth is, newspapers destroyed themselves.
beginning after ww2 and climaxing in the 80’s family newspapers across the nation were bought by corporations.
these corporations turned the newsrooms over to college educated, j-school grads, all leftists.
meanwhile, new technologies have grabbed the attention of younger people. they avoid newspapers.
The college educated journalists were all inspired by Woodward and Bernstein to believe that they could shape public opinion and events through agenda driven coverage of the issues.
Pissing off half the voters in this country that read and think was not a good business model!