“In all seriousness, why would a newspaper bother kowtowing to such a non-reading population?”
I think they do read it. There’s something we call the Tallahassee ‘Tude. One example of it is when black clerks go out of their way with body language to tell white customers just how little they care. Other examples occur at places like the gym where they do things like glare at you when you might have gotten too close to their space. It’s so noticeable that people talk about it, once another patron leaving a store who also experienced a rude black clerk. I’ve had people tell me that it doesn’t occur where they’re from.
Keeping the race issue hot is why they do this and Ferguson and what’s going on now in Baltimore. It’s the whole George Zimmerman disaster. It’s how the Democraps hold onto their constituency. Yes, I’m sure a lot don’t read the paper, but so do (or, don’t, rather) a lot of whites. I recall seeing the black floor workers at both companies I worked at here reading the paper, so it does happen.
Incidentally, I think the ‘Tude is much reduced now. Possibly it has to do with fewer total people reading the paper or, possibly, the paper isn’t that bad anymore. I wouldn’t know as I wouldn’t let it into my house.
I see. I work with a number of blacks, and only a few of the older ones read papers (I guess that might be related to technology as well). We don’t have black-themed papers here, but they are all liberal (and hurting financially). As more and more foreigners replace Americans here, the papers struggle because many of the remaining Americans don’t trust them and the foreigners can’t read them (though Spanish-language papers seem popular).