A new study reveals that a majority of American counties have either one local news outlet or none at all, following a rise in closures of local newspapers.
As reported by Axios, the data compiled by the Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism reveals that over half of the United States’ 3,143 counties have either one local media outlet, or zero; this amounts to approximately 55 million people with limited or no access to local news.
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We've got the Macon County Chronicle, published on Wednesday or Thursday. I enjoy it, it gives me a chance to catch up on all the local gossip and happenings.
It’s odd how Americans get completely wrapped up in national politics and largely ignore things at the local level. If the new school board member breaks promises, you can actually go talk to him/her/it about it. You can’t go talk to the President.
ReplyDeletewe have 2 local news outlets on TV and ONE newspaper, all politically slanted left despite being the most conservative county in my shitty leftist state. They're worse than worthless and many of the presstitutes in my AO are real high on my local accountability list should the balloon go up. Here's hoping others are focused on their AO and the traitors and insurrectionists local to them. It's the only way this works.
ReplyDeletePerhaps this is what happens when the vast majority of media outlets are owned by 6 corporations.
ReplyDeleteAll the leftist news does not report what is actually going on in your cities, crime, violence, and hatred is all they democratically know.
ReplyDeleteOh no how else am I to get my propaganda.
ReplyDeleteOur LOCAL newspaper was bought out by a regional newspaper, but had a "local" section. Well, when they consider "local" a city that's almost 3 hours away by car, I dropped the paper. Unfortunately, the best "local" news now is put out on Fakebook by ambulance chaser types. ...I don't do Fakebook...
ReplyDeleteWe have the Denver Post here, I no longer subscribe because I refuse to pay $100 per month to be insulted 7*24.
ReplyDeleteYes, this is how they get rid of the generation that still wants to have a printed copy of what used to be called a NEWSpaper.
Our "local" news is a USA Today owned outlet regurgitating lots of USA Today national news agitprop. The online sources of local info might be Reddit or Nextdoor, also far left. I gave up on the former, I've been kicked off the latter one many times, I just go back once a year or so to agitate and make them kick me off again.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm lucky in that I have both an independent run paper and a local TV station... Both are pretty neutral and fair, occasionally the paper will run a story by the AP but not regularly
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My parish has a newspaper AND a couple of TV stations. that adds up to ZERO news coverage. If the story isn't delivered to their front steps, pre-formatted, it doesn't make the news. they do show up for festivals and events where they can get free food, though.
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