Is it just me, or does the cliff coincide with Obama’s election?
The cliff actually coincides with W’s two elections. Is there a pubbie conspiracy here?
The campaign of 2008 accelerated an inevitable decline. When the print media failed to examine any details on Obama, it drove the inquiring mind to alternative sources to answer even basic questions. This empowered alternative news sources, most of which were online.
The transition would have occurred anyway, but because of their own behaviour, the print media created a cliff where a slope would have been.