It has nothing to do with slant one way or the other, or up the middle....
Newspapers are and have been dying for decades...
Regardless of their reporting style or accuracy.
Craigslist killed the local newspaper, taking away one of the most consistent revenue streams, that they could and did gouge blindly for, and did. Not to mention the LEGALLY REQUIRED publications of notices that were also being gouged.
Not just Craigslist. Even before that, Greensheet, and a few other weekly "ad only" publications gutted a lot of the classifieds. Gotta admit, I miss the old personals. Two of my favorites: "Wanted to trade: Harley with wrecked front end for motorized wheelchair" and "Biker looking for old lady, real classy type, stretch marks OK."