Political Propaganda Disguised As Local News Is Just So Hot Right Now
For decades, academics have been trying to warn anybody who'd listen that the death of your local newspaper and the steady consolidation of local TV broadcasters has created either "news deserts," or local news reporting that's mostly just low-calorie puffery and simulacrum. Despite claims that the "internet would fix this," fixing local news just wasn't…
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