The trend will not merely exacerbate the income divide of local communities, it will worsen the cultural and ideological divide. Local news vacuums tend to get filled by national news — which is more partisan and more ideological — or through social media.
Source: Opinion: We are becoming a nation of local news haves and have nots, Opinion by Steve Waldman, July 6, 2022; Image: (Shutterstock)
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