Others have made similar claims but this is interesting as the papers may become an issue as such. Open to broadcast media to report newspapers as a story - what is the policy they promote, how long can print survive, do they have a means to go online??? Not much sign of this yet but others in the Remain camp may be ready to continue this line of investigation.
Yesterday Jane Martinson in the Guardian wrote about the Telegraph. Rumour that profits are low this year. My guess print sales for news will more or less vanish in 3 - 5 years. Just a guess but I do not notice much reporting on the possibilities.
The Guardian is also part of the move to opinion rather than reporting that Martinson identifies in the Telegraph. They find Labour policy on Brexit much too complicated to explain. The LibDems get most of the space with fairly simple slogans. My worry is that this appeals only to a minority of opinion. Gets votes for LibDems and maybe some newspaper sales in some areas. But not persuading anyone new. When there is a referendum or election around the issues there will be a need for Remain to persuade people who voted Leave. So the conversations inside Labour are worth some space.
Anyway my guess is there are now quite a lot of places the Guardian is no longer in stock for casual sales during the day. Is this a great concern? Possibly not but if they are just putting the price up till it fades away completely I think we should be told.
Meanwhile I find there is a small space on Twitter where I feel able to discuss things. Not exactly a bubble. Wide range of links can turn up.
Print newspapers now much more polarised than social media. Just my impression.
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