Why Free Speech and Letters avoided

Even though more ads appear to have been sold for recent papers than at this time last year, the number of sheets of newsprint are about the same each week.

There is money to be made doing this when one can.
It is good business as long as no one quits buying ads who wrote to Free Speech or a letter to the editor! They usually do not.
However if readership were to go down due to lack of printing something people expected, then that would be bad.

It happens a few times a year.
The squeaky wheel does however get the grease!