Those who celebrate the slow decline of the print media and the leading newspapers in particular may rue the day when our only source of original reporting are a handful of wire services. Television and internet blogs hardly replace these vital sources of information, as imperfect as they are. Ideologues focus only on those stories that fit, or run counter to, their world view. But most stories, for most readers, provide the kind of fresh hard information regarding our communities, large and small, that make for an informed citizenry. So as you dance on the grave of the Times, the Washington Post and any other paper whose views you disagree with, there will be those who are happy that fewer journalists are there to bring their conduct to light.