Demographics of American
Newspapers
> 1. The Wall Street Journal is read by
the people who run the country
>
> 2. The Washington Post is read by people who think
they run the
> country.
>
> 3. The New York Times is read by people who think they
should run
> the country and who are very good at crossword puzzles.
>
> 4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to
run the
> country but don't really understand The New York
Times. They do,
> however, like their statistics shown in pie charts.
>
> 5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who
wouldn't mind
> running the country -- if they could find the time --
and if they
> didn't have to leave
Southern
California to do it.
>
> 6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents
used to run
> the country and did a poor job of it , thank you very
much.
>
> 7. The New York Daily News is read by people who
aren't too sure
> who's running the country and don't really care as
long as they
> can get a seat on the train.
>
> 8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care
who is
> running the country as long as they do something
really
> scandalous, preferably while intoxicated .
>
> 9. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running
another
> country but need the baseball scores.
>
> 10. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who
aren't sure
> if there is a country or that anyone is running it;
but if so,
> they oppose all that they stand for. There are
occasional
> exceptions if the leaders are handicapped minority
feminist
> atheist dwarfs who also happen to be illegal aliens
from any other
> country or galaxy, provided of course, that they are
not Republicans.
>
> 11. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in
line at the
> grocery store.
>
> 12. The
Minneapolis
Star Tribune is is read by people who have recently caught a
> fish and need something in which to wrap it.