So the P-G called, and asked if they could help with renewing my subscription. I told them I wasn't renewing. She asked if price was the problem, and I said, no, its the direction the paper's taken over the past two years. 1: The cowardly decision to not endorse someone for president. 2: The racist MLK day editorial. 3: The batshit insane endorsement of Rick Saccone over Conor Lamb. It wasn't that the paper endorsed Saccone, it was the rational; He's an experienced state rep (who hasn't accomplished anything of note in Harrisburg over a decade aside from getting the state sued on state/church separation issues) and that Lamb will vote to impeach Trump (a "fact" not in evidence). The last straw was firing Bob Rogers and replacing him with an unfunny hack who regularly produces misogynist cartoons. She protested, "I'm just a billing clerk, I can give you the comments line." I said, No, you're a representative of the paper who called and inquired about why I wasn't renewing and I told you why. I've also been contacting your advertisers, so they know why your circulation is dropping. Now you have something to tell your supervisor when he inquires about success rates in re-upping subscribers.
I've subscribed to that paper for 30 years. No more.