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Bizarroland ,
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I think we should remember them the same way we remember the pony Express and the telegram, and phone systems where you had to talk to a human being to ask permission to call the person you've been trying to call.

Possibly useful in a movie, definitely of historical value, but not necessary for the future.

jeffw OP ,
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Local news is pretty important, especially when you think about local politicians and the shit some of them get away with. Journalism holds them to account

XbSuper ,

Local news is important, local newspapers are not.

Bizarroland ,
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The problem is is that going fully digital saves so much money that the decrease in revenue still makes it more profitable.

I'm pretty sure your local news station has a website that you could go to to get your daily dose of local news and quite possibly not have to pay for it.

Che_Donkey ,
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My local newspaper I actually delivered (poorly) for a summer, was the first paper that published Gary Larson’s ‘The Far Side’. Other than that…zippo

dual_sport_dork ,
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Eh, it’s easy not to remember them too fondly when your local market is so dinkum that the only option was nationally syndicated trash masquerading as a local rag. Maybe there’s somewhere left in America that’s still a Norman Rockwell picture of idyllic rural charm and integrity where Real Intrepid Reporters get the hard hitting scoop in between writing heartfelt human interest stories about beloved 101 year old grandmothers and their puppies. But that sure as fuck ain’t what happens here. My “local” paper is actually a Gannett product, and aside from whatever they just import from AP and regurgitate verbatim, every actually vaguely local article is chock-a-block full of factual inaccuracies and trash journalism. Their copy editing is crap, too. Some of the stuff that makes it to print looks like it was written by an eighth grader. They charge money for this shit. I won’t be too sad to see it go, if it did.

atetulo ,

we have no real alternatives.

Local news reporting has migrated to social media.

If something is happening in your area, someone may be talking about it online.

Dkarma ,

Remember them as the stories you should have or did see on Lemmy last week.

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