License to Lie?

Unable to exempt themselves from market forces, newspapers are in decline. So, are they going to turn to self-aggrandizing BS like this to appeal for public assistance?

"Newspapers are part of the civic glue that holds communities together."

I disagree entirely. I think that newspapers have contributed to civic dissolution by presenting news in the most polarizing manner possible. Our disagreements are increasingly uncivil and simpleminded. I blame the MSM.