Advertising revenue is down; staffs continue to get cut; the number of newspapers has by 100 since 2004.
In the 1890s, plutocrats like William Randolph Hearst and his Morning Journal used exaggeration to help spark the Spanish-American War.
As a result, people are attracted to the coin that doesn't take itself too seriously.
The Calas story eventually sparked outrage against such fake legal stories, torture and even execution.
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And it has often provoked violence.