Save the trees, I guess.

Slate's Jack Schafer reports on the state of the newspaper industry in his article.

A Pew Research Center poll released earlier this month shows that fewer than half of Americans "say that losing their local newspaper would hurt civic life in their community 'a lot.' " Hell, I'll bet that if you put the abolishment of newspapers on the ballot in a lot of cities, it just might pass.

I hate the fact that it's true, but it really doesn't surprise.