Newspaper
From Conservapedia
Newspapers are a common sight all over the world. They are published daily or weekly, and contain news about what's going on in their home countries and sometimes overseas. In America, the newspaper industry is currently on the decline, because of the influence of the 24 hour news channels like Fox News and CNN and the Internet.
Despite being an older medium, the overwhelming majority of newspapers in the United States are very liberal, including the The New York Times and The Washington Post, for example.[1] Only a few newspapers have a conservative slant, and even these are not conservative on all issues. Examples of newspapers cited as conservative on some issues are The Washington Times, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and the New Hampshire Union Leader. Some newspapers have changed their political slant over time: the New York Post has gone back and forth between a liberal slant and a conservative one, depending on its owner at the time, it currently is claimed by some to have a conservative slant under the ownership of News Corporation. But even the New York Post endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2006, illustrating that newspapers can adapt their editorial views to the local market. Likewise the Chicago Tribune once had conservative editorial positions but is now quite liberal like most.
Newspapers do have one advantage over news channels that have helped them stay afloat: there is no way to send comics over the airwaves. Therefore, newspapers make money by publishing comic strips like "For Better Or For Worse", "Mallard Fillmore", and the popular "Mutts". Another reason why newspapers have remained profitable is advertising. If newspapers had to rely solely on subscriptions and newsstand sales for their income, they would not be profitable. Newspapers suffer from declining sales, and fewer young people read them.
At one time in American history, it was quite common for cities, even small ones, to have several daily newspapers. The trend in recent years has been toward consolidation and cities no longer being able to support so many newspapers. Even a city like Washington, D.C. for example now only has two daily newspapers. Another trend in recent years is the proliferation of free weekly newspapers. These make their money selling advertising and are distributed to readers free of charge. Most of these free weeklies are notorious for being socially liberal.
