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Washington's Newseum nears final deadline amid crisis in US journalism

After 11 years, the museum dedicated to news has run out of steam – an obvious metaphor for the crisis facing newspapers

“Joke’s on you, journalists. The only thing that ends up in museums is when there’s no use for them any more. The air and space museum is a perfect example. Once we landed on the moon, the space race was over. We may as well have Scotchgarded Neil Armstrong and hung him from the ceiling. And so, the construction of this museum fittingly marks the end of the news.”

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