This is depressing ...

... Art and war help The Independent win back readers. (Via Critical Mass.)
In particular, this:
"With the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, readers may also have turned to the paper for veteran correspondent Robert Fisk's take on events.
The editor Simon Kelner said both were factors in the paper's improved performance.
'What has been important in our rise is a big running news story in the Middle East, and having Robert Fisk, the most celebrated Middle-East correspondent covering it. Obviously this translates into more sales,' he said, also acknowledging that the giveway had been very successful."

Perhaps these readers should be reminded of this: fisking. Perhaps the NBCC members should be reminded, too, when it comes to voting on their awards.