Stop the Presses!

“The White House said Tuesday that it is canceling subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post less than a day after President Trump suggested  terminating them.

“‘We have no plans to renew them,’ White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told The Hill on Tuesday.

“‘We don’t even want it [the Times] in the White House anymore,’ Trump told Fox News’s Sean Hannity during an interview that aired Monday night. ‘We’re going to probably terminate that and The Washington Post. They’re fake.’”

—Jessica Campisi, reporter, “White House to cancel subscriptions to New York Times, Washington Post after Trump remarks,” The Hill, Oct. 22, 2019.

• Editorial Comment: The newspaper business is doomed.

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