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The Paradox of Thrift

Two members of the press at work…

By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG The Flagellants by Pieter van Laer

THERE’S a lot of loathing of self and others happening in the media at present.

I’ll explain how this pertains to cars in a sec… 

Much of their vitriol has to do with money; the lack of it for some; the depraved squandering of it for others. For most magazines and newspapers and their salaried staff, it’s definitely the former. 

Average advertising revenues fell faster in 2008 than Chrysler’s December numbers which means that executives at every business that makes dough by printing hardcopy – from the New York Times to Vogue to Car & Driver - are casting people off left and right. And like any good ship captains, these corporate heads make sure that they’re the absolute last to leave a sinking ship. 

So understanding that the fourth estate is lacking a foreseeable future, what entitles you or anyone else to have one, either?