Posted on 04/24/2020 5:57:39 AM PDT by Kaslin
The economic destruction of our government-imposed, nationwide (for the most part) shutdown has been unprecedented, widely felt, and well documented. An overlooked example involves the media, specifically the newspapers. The UK’s Guardian provides revealing details:
The devastating sweep of Covid-19 is the biggest story in a generation, and for most newspapers and news sites it has triggered record numbers of readers. Yet the virus, industry experts warn, will spell the end for “hundreds” of those organizations, laying off journalists and closing titles.
Media outlets across the US have already responded to a huge drop in advertising triggered by the economic shutdown by sacking scores of employees. Some newspapers, just as demand is at its highest, have stopped printing -- reverting to a digital-only operation that is just as vulnerable to the whims of advertisers.
The decrease in advertising was swift, as businesses tightened spending due to the economic impact of Covid-19. For a journalism industry already barely scraping by, the impact was almost immediate.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The Rat-loving media didn’t see THAT coming.
Nope. Just like all the ‘public servants’ at first thought they were about to get an extended paid vacation because of the shutdowns. Then, when the tax revenues that pays their wages were vaporized, the light came on.
It is an immutable Law of Nature that when the host dies, the parasite no longer has a food source.
Anti American ComDem Media shot themselves in the foot again.
Every time they think they can destroy President Trump, they are crushed. But they just keep doubling down. Telling one big lie after another. Total Credibility Collapse.
If they stop printing newspapers, what will we use to wrap fish? /sarcasm
They keep demonstrating exactly what he says about their never being happy and always criticizing him. Trump says to expand scientific discovery, MEDIA says Trump wants people drinking Clorox. They prove his point without knowing it - people see it.
Best news to come out of Covid is the end of liberal garbage peddlers ..
OOPS!
Yes. I look forward to November.
We must vote all these lying traitors out of office.
May be after this mess, the ComDem base will even see they are hurt by such craziness.
I vote for Option Number 2....
Government to the rescue.
Perfect setup for state run media.
they’ll really be surprised when they find out their paychecks come from businesses advertising, and when they are bankrupt, the ‘journalists’ are no longer needed.
Perfect setup for state run media.
“The” freedom of the press is freedom from government control. Not denigrating, as the Warren SCOTUS did, the right of (all of) the people to the reputations their actual behavior warrants. The right, that is, to sue for libel whether or not the libel has political implications.
Bump
“It is an immutable Law of Nature that when the host dies, the parasite no longer has a food source.”
But the buzzards and other scavengers feast for a short time!
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