Budget cuts at newspapers have caused the quality of news coverage from sports to regular news to go the hell in a hand basket.
I see it here in Louisiana. This is going to be a familiar story. The result being I suspect we shall have worse elected politicos because they are not being vetted by the public because of a lack of information.
See Nikki Haley and Rand Paul Races: Where Have All the Reporters Gone?
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Newspaper Woes Causing Horrible Statewide Poltitical Coverage
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James,
I'd argue that the cause-and-effect is the other way 'round. Most newspapers have been losing readers, and therefore cutting budgets, because they weren't providing useful information in the first place. I doubt a further decline in the quality of articles (or additional newspaper closures) is going to make any difference in the quality of our local politicians.
I wonder: how many people who are truly interested in politics rely on newspapers? How many people who buy newspapers expect to see meaningful information? I buy a newspaper on weekdays for the crossword and soduku puzzles. I get my news online.
Well you have a point. THe problem is I am just seeing a major loss of quality in the Ganneett papers. Whicb in Louisiana owns a good many of the major papers.
I mean if you don;t the staff on the ground then you can't cover people.
But you are right there are reasons why they had to cut staff
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