NEWSPAPERS SLASHING JOBS, and Gerard van der Leun says they still won’t admit their problem. “And yet the Seattle Times, as well as numerous other newspapers now dying in the US, never ever cops to its point of view as the reason why it is failing. This is like some postmodern purist hamburger joint that won’t put cheeseburgers on the menu. There’s 100 people who want either a hamburger or a cheeseburger, but the cooks only want to make hamburgers. For 55 people, that’s great, but there’s 45 people who won’t ever again go to the Chez Hamburger Only / No Cheeseburger joint.”