After having spent $344 million on a stable of local papers including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Buffalo News, and the Omaha World-Herald, the Oracle of Omaha had to let them go for a mere $140 million.
In February, McClatchy, the country's second largest local newspaper chain, the owners of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Miami Herald, the Kansas City Star, the News & Observer, the State and many other major local papers, filed for bankruptcy.
If the local paper is just going to consist of recycled talking points from the Washington Post or the New York Times, then who needs the "Local" paper? Local communities don't.
It's telling that "Local" newspapers wouldn't support a candidate that local communities voted for.
How representative are local papers when 62 million people voted for a presidential candidate who went on to win the election that only 6 papers endorsed? Who are those papers really representing?
The media keeps insisting that local newspapers are a vital civic institution.
America is not divided because local newspapers are dying.
https://canadafreepress.com/article/62-million-americans-voted-for-trump-only-6-newspapers-endorsed-him
In February, McClatchy, the country's second largest local newspaper chain, the owners of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Miami Herald, the Kansas City Star, the News & Observer, the State and many other major local papers, filed for bankruptcy.
If the local paper is just going to consist of recycled talking points from the Washington Post or the New York Times, then who needs the "Local" paper? Local communities don't.
It's telling that "Local" newspapers wouldn't support a candidate that local communities voted for.
How representative are local papers when 62 million people voted for a presidential candidate who went on to win the election that only 6 papers endorsed? Who are those papers really representing?
The media keeps insisting that local newspapers are a vital civic institution.
America is not divided because local newspapers are dying.
https://canadafreepress.com/article/62-million-americans-voted-for-trump-only-6-newspapers-endorsed-him
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