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Black and white and dead all over: the decline of newspapers--and what it portends for conservatives.

National Review

| April 06, 2009 | Delong, James V. | COPYRIGHT 2009 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THE American Society of Newspaper Editors canceled its April convention, explaining that "the challenges editors face at their newspapers demand their full attention." It seems likely that the event would have proven gloomy. One imagines wooden carts creaking down hotel hallways while hooded figures call "Bring out your dead," like a scene from the 14th century. But the plague spared 60 to 70 percent of Europe's population; newspapers would be grateful for that survival rate.

As does much of history, the plague looks different when taken in perspective, which is another way of saying "as long as you weren't stuck in the middle of it." It changed the terms of ...

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