." ▁He ▁also ▁notes ▁that ▁the ▁newer ▁publication ▁had ▁produced ▁a ▁" less ▁war like ▁and ▁less ▁anti - comm un ist " ▁disc ourse ▁than ▁those ▁of ▁other ▁d ail ies , ▁and ▁therefore ▁appe aling ▁to ▁a ▁wider ▁audience . ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Pet cu ▁arg ues , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁maintained ▁a ▁" bal ance ▁between ▁a ▁recon c ili atory ▁but ▁well ▁documented ▁disc ourse , ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁hand , ▁and , ▁on ▁the ▁other , ▁the ▁observ ance ▁of ▁journal istic ▁norm s ▁and ▁resistance ▁to ▁the ▁tempt ation ▁to ▁make ▁comprom ises ." ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁surve ys ▁carried ▁out ▁around ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁paper ▁was ▁being ▁perce ived ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁cred ible ▁title . ▁Its ▁circul ation ▁reached ▁a ▁reported ▁ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁a ▁day , ▁making ▁it ▁one ▁of ▁at ▁most ▁four ▁local ▁d ail ies ▁to ▁print ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁and ▁maintain ing ▁its ▁lead ▁over ▁all ▁local ▁newsp apers , ▁directly ▁above ▁Even iment ul ▁Z ile i ▁and ▁Libert ate a . ▁Other ▁data ▁for ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁places ▁that ▁number ▁at ▁appro x . ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁roughly ▁equal ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁Even iment ul ▁Z ile i , ▁and ▁ranking ▁above ▁Libert ate a ▁and ▁Cot id ian ul ▁( with ▁ 1 4 0 , 0