For Gannett, this is business first and news second. The State has a vested interest in ensuring the continuance of the Star-Bulletin. The demise of the newspaper would also mean less opportunities for media-minded UH students. Journalism majors would be facing a much narrower job market, which would lead to many of our best minds fleeing Hawai'i for broader markets on the mainland. For Hawai'i as a whole, moreover, it is to our advantage that we have a competitive newspaper industry.
More newspapers equals more voices and more room for criticism.
A single newspaper possesses incredible power to craft and reshape reality to meet its political aims. With two newspapers, there is room for dissension. At any rate, we must ensure that Hawai'i does not become a single newspaper state, with a Gannett-opoly on our thoughts. Ka Leo welcomes your questions and comments. Search Ka Leo O Hawai'i is the daily campus newspaper of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa .