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Originally posted by Gattigap
I come from a part of the country where all of the local papers that I recall were quite enthusiastic in their support of Republican candidates. Sure, their most prolific writers of the daily stories may have had stoopid names like "Associated Press" and "Knight Ridder wire reports," but for all things local, opinion and editorial, I would hardly characterize them as lefties.
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Eggsactly. If you live in the Northeast or parts of, say, the Upper Midwest, your big city papers are going to resonate with the blue collar workers who (used to) read the afternoon paper after the whistle. A paper that resonates with readership will survive; one that targets a minority view is less likely to.
Those red states we keep reading about? Some of them have notoriously red papers. I read them when I'm there. Maybe this is obvious to me because I live in a city with 20% Republicans, and our paper would likely lose substantial readership if it endorsed Bush. How can the converse not be true in cities and regions with 20% Democrats?
