Why Circulation Is Falling at The Times

Regarding “Newspapers Post Steep Fall in Circulation” (May 3):

Your circulation continues its spiral downward, and yet you continue to ignore the most obvious reason for and solution to your problem: Your bias has been unmasked, and those with a conservative viewpoint are leaving in droves.

California may be liberal overall, but there are a significant number of conservatives here. Your numbers will continue to decline until you remedy the cause.

David Tanton

Newbury Park

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I’m sure all of the reasons suggested by the various experts have contributed to your falling circulation, but let me suggest another reason: You don’t listen to your readers.

I don’t know how many letters I have read criticizing Michael Ramirez’s cartoons, but you still publish him. This new contributor to the Opinion section, David Gelernter, is enough to make one start reading the Daily Breeze.

I think Michael Kinsley and Robert Scheer are great. I would like to see more of their type of analysis and reporting. I would also like to see an expanded Business section.

I like a good newspaper. TV, with its snippets of news and tabloid-type journalism, shows me nothing. I think if you give people what they want, your circulation will improve.

Charles Doherty

Hermosa Beach