If they were just smaller that would be one thing, but the change in what they get paid for is bigger, I think. A paper supported by the big department store's

If they were just smaller that would be one thing, but the change in what they get paid for is bigger, I think. A paper supported by the big department store's ads is incentivised to be broad, because the store wants to sell to everyone. Likewise a paper supported classified and by sunday realtor adds -- nobody wants to sell their house exclusively to members of some fringe, they want the widest distribution. But a paper supported by its most outraged subscribers will cater to them, and importantly, to keeping them outraged.