Of course, that doesn't mean some papers don't keep pushing their points of view through creative writing and editing of stories and headlines, however subtly. And some may fail to report good stories because they might prove flattering to ideas or people they don't like. But these gimmicks are found on TV "news talk" programs, too.
The fact is that we live in a world where young people grow up both more cynical and more accepting than in the past. Just because Barbara Wa-Wa says it, or The New York Times writes it, doesn't make something true in their minds.
And that's a good thing. In the end, newspapers are a forum of facts and opinion that converge to inform and entertain. The reader must literally decide what portions he or she will tolerate.
Too many politicians, entertainers and business leaders assume that the average American reads his or her newspaper with the same "inside" knowledge the journalist possess. That's simply not the case. Hence, the general public's support for their local paper.
So newspaper editors of the world, take heart. Neither the foibles of the great New York Times nor the general left-of-center bent among so many in media have in any way ruined the newspaper industry. For all their flaws, papers are generally relied upon and trusted by the American people.
So here's to our readers. May they continue to read us, fight with us and then throw us away.