The War On Terrorism Was A Bait

Americans Continue To Suffer From A Notoriously Short Attention Span. They Get Mad As Hell With Reasonable Frequency, But Quickly Return To Their Families And Sitcoms. Meanwhile, The Corporate Lobbies Stay Right Where They Are, Outlasting All The Populist Hysteria.

America's Great Newspapers Have Staffs That Range From 50 Percent To 70 Percent Of What They Were Just A Few Years Ago.

If Newspapers Were A Baseball Team, They Would Be The Mets - Without The Hope For Those Folks At The Very Pinnacle Of The Financial Food Chain - Who Average Nearly $24 Million A Year In Income - 'next Year.'

Liberals Believe That They Can't Get A Fair Shake From The Media Anymore.

Three Centuries After The Appearance Of Franklin's 'courant,' It No Longer Requires A Dystopic Imagination To Wonder Who Will Have The Dubious Distinction Of Publishing America's Last Genuine Newspaper. Few Believe That Newspapers In Their Current Printed Form Will Survive.