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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
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.
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One exception being the Chicago Tribune, which was long a right-wing paper under the stewardship of Col. McCormick. Not so much anymore, but they still have a slight lean to the right. Of course the Sun-Times balances it out, though even that paper seems to have moderated a bit.