Declining newspapers

Dr. Thomas C. Reeves has a good post on why newspapers are losing membership. This is right on target:

Newspapers have become wearisomely predictable. They were always partisan, of course, but these days, led by the New York Times, most editorial pages and much of the political writing is solidly encased within the confines of a monolithic left wing ideology.

This predictability is not just a feature of the day to day coverage of a given paper. There is also a predictable sameness to papers across the country. When I lived in Madison, I expected the local papers to be liberal. They reflected their community. But the same insular liberalism is on display in my paper here in central PA—a solidly conservative region.