Romenesko

National Journal
"Newspapers and cars may well be headed for the same awful fate," writes William Powers. "Still, it's very strange math that allows a business with zero profits to be discussed in the same tones as one with 20% margins." He says by portraying newspapers as pathetic weaklings in need of a savior, journalists reinforce the notion that the medium has no future, and perhaps increase the chances that it will come true.