Money for News

A further indication of this is the total dearth, locally, of critical articles about the state budget crisis. The political class’ story line is presented pretty much verbatim, even though they are probably the actual cause of most of the deficit. (Eliminating their pensions, alone, could save billions, as it has for many businesses in the private sector.)

Passive media of this type has every right to go down the road to extinction, as leaner, meaner, less indebted reporters, are already at work in the alternative press.

Joshua Kinch, Freshwater

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