Without robust local press, corruption and impunity become normalized, and then trickles up. We glimpse when national attention goes there.
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Also often true. In any case, national reporters cannot do what we need at local level: day-to-day accountability.https://twitter.com/knowtheory/status/867784873733308416 …
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This. We don't fund work like this, we cannot fight hold politicians accountable, fight misinformation or much else.https://twitter.com/WriterPhil/status/867797705409482752 …
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Good analysis by Ben Thompson at Stratechery on local newspaper business model. Gotta get subscribers. https://stratechery.com/2017/the-local-news-business-model/ …
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YES YES THIS.
It never ceased to amaze me how people like to shit on small local papers instead of demanding better of them. -
Sidebar to this: worked @ a small local paper (wrote sports, not high-stakes, but if being realistic, a BIG reason ppl still subscribed) 1/
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. I am an academic and *love* complexity. This is so straightforward that it's painful.