Montana body-slamming is about many things, one key here is the decimation of local news as 90% of new ad $$ goes to Facebook or Google.
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Local politicians have less scrutiny than ever—despite heroic efforts by some of what remains of local press. Rare national attention.
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Without robust local press, corruption and impunity become normalized, and then trickles up. We glimpse when national attention goes there.
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And there is no complex analysis needed here. Local news has been consolidated plus defunded because ad money goes to Facebook & Google.
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So many remaining local papers/media are owned by a few ideological operators (mostly on the right ala Sinclair) and not much else is left.
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Was editor and sole reporter for The Western News in Libby. Worked 80hr wks for $11/hr. Won nat'l investigative award. Asked raise. Told no
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