That is how it has worked for a relatively short period of time, since the appearance of modern newspapers--at the earliest, in the 1830's. With the advent of c

That is how it has worked for a relatively short period of time, since the appearance of modern newspapers--at the earliest, in the 1830's. With the advent of cheap, instantaneous publishing, it seems that our expectations are getting closer to the days of partisan pamphlets. I'm not really sure that this is an obviously bad thing, just different.