I read today that the San Francisco Bay Guardian has closed its doors after 48 years. The progressive newspaper, which dealt with controversial topics and supported TLGB causes was sold to the San Francisco Media Company in 2012. The paper had been losing money for years.
Many progressive papers have been taken over by large corporations and conglomerates. What I see is a silencing of the voices of the average citizen. Here in New York City, the Village Voice was once one of the most progressive papers in the country. Back in the sixties and seventies the issues were sometimes as much as 100 pages and more. It dealt with controversial topics and radical in its views. It covered many alternative events and people. Today, the Voice is nothing but advertisements and shallow,dumbed-down articles with little redeeming value or social relevance.
I read the Guardian on occasion and enjoyed the viewpoints of some of their stories. She had a good run. Whether the Guardian can be resurrected is still in question. I just hope that the progressive voice will not be shut out.
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