My local rag's the same way. I've avoided it for over 10 years, but made the mistake of reading the Op-Ed page last Thanksgiving, thinking they would leave it alone for a day. Ha! What was I thinking?! Thanksgiving, the one truly American Holiday--a perfect target for a leftist newspaper.
I do get satisfaction knowing that their circulation is dismally low, and I occassionally get to unload on them when they're trying to hawk their paper at special events. One day I was walking into a supermarket and there was a guy in a suit and tie standing in fromt of a stack of newspapers. I mistakenly allowed him to catch my eye and he started his sales pitch on me. He was selling insurance and offered me a free paper if I would stick around to hear more. I laughed and told him I wouldn't use that paper to wipe my @ss. He got a frustrated look on his face and dropped his sales schtick and confided in me that he was from out of town and could I please tell him what it was with the local paper--he couldn't give it away! He said my reaction was the norm rather than the exception. That really made my day.