Prediction Confirmed: Newspaper Circulation Continues to Plummet

Two years ago, I predicted the obvious regarding the consequences of the overwhelming leftist bias in mainstream news coverage:

My prediction is that the main result will be an acceleration of the mainstream media's erosion of credibility and therefore, its audience.

Here is more confirmation from today's news:

The Audit Bureau of Circulations released circulation numbers for more than 700 daily newspapers this morning for the six-month period ending September 2007. Of the top 25 papers in daily circulation (see chart, separate story), only four showed gains.

For The New York Times, daily circulation fell 4.51% to 1,037,828 and Sunday plunged 7.59% to 1,500,394, at least partly due to a price increase.

Daily circulation at The Washington Post was down 3.2% to 635,087 and Sunday was down 3.9% to 894,428.

Daily circulation at The Boston Globe tumbled 6.6% to 360,695 and Sunday fell about the same, 6.5% to 548,906.

What is important to note is that normal businesses have a 'bad year' if they do not continually grow by 5-6% annually. This often brings immediate management consequences. In the case of newspapers, however, the solution is quite obvious (stop the incessant propaganda), but leftists apparently have their hearts set on going down with the ship.