@realjohnboy,
I don't really know John. I gave up reading newspapers a long while ago. Flattened out wood pulp with ink inserts designed to flatter various sections of the population by telling them what they are eager to know.
Classified advertising is where it's at. Births, Marriages and Deaths, Wills, Houses for Sale, Plant Machinery and Tools, Articles for Sale, Temptations to ring Premium phone lines, Personal Services.
I got to the point of having no use for any of that but it was a big influence on my life.
Generally speaking, if the editor has a large mortgage the paper will be opposed to raising interest rates.
I would like to be a serious person but, alas, it isn't easy.