In article >,
Jeffrey Lichtman > wrote:

> It used to be. Newspaper ink used to be oil-based and would come off on
> everything (including the hands of the reader). They switched to
> rubber-based inks a while back, so now the ink stays on the paper

You may have gotten that reversed. Google the topic. Most of America's
daily newspapers use soy-based inks. Wikipedia says over 95% do, and
other sources support the claim of "most" newspapers.