The old saying in journalism, “afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted,” may be swiftly becoming a quaint phrase with no punch.
Jon Friedman, media reporter for Marketwatch, ponders “The politics of media industry layoffs.”

If the publishers use their financial woes as an excuse to cut back on the coverage of disenfranchised people in America, it’s going to be a very bad time to be poor.
This is going to be a severe test for newspapers’ commitment to serving the nation’s underclass at a time when the executives would no doubt prefer to bask in the glow of the stellar reporting on Hurricane Katrina.

Well, duh. Afterall, look at the ranks of the top tier newspapers in the country. They are bloated with Ivy League graduates usually packing an additional and equally expensive master’s degree. With that kind of affluent backing, what do you expect?