What?! The Capital Times is liberal?

The story tee bee commented on below is being randomly covered nationally. All I have to say is, "duh.". All anyone ever had to do was ask Wisconsinites, or even the Cap Times themselves. They've never really tried to hide their slant.

And as for them "coming out" as progressive. I welcome it. I'm personally of the opinion that if newspapers want to make it today, they should harken back to the 1800's a bit. Openly admit their slant and pursue it. Where possible, the parent company should start competitive newspapers in the same market that are on the other side of the spectrum. Give them reasonable independence from the parent company and let them go after each other. I guarantee total combined circ will go up and they'll develop much more loyal readership. On top of that, most of us love to hate reading what the other guy is saying, don't we?

Of course, there is the fear that this will invite plenty of yellow journalism back into the newspaper business. Hasn't it seeped back in already, though? At least this way it can't hide behind claims that it is objective with a minimum of bias.