One large study found that when a major daily newspaper covering a federal judicial district disappears, corruption cases there—bribery, embezzlement, fraud—rise by more than 7%.

The researchers suggest officials feel emboldened when no one's looking.
www.cjr.org/analysis/local-newspapers-corruption.php

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Newspaper closures even affect public health. Plants located near more newspaper headquarters tend to produce fewer toxic emissions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0095069616301371

And—you guessed it—when newspapers close, emissions tend to go up. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11142-023-09786-5
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Me, billionaire, me do what me wants.
You, shut up.

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The death of newspapers harms democratic participation. Research on the closure of the Cincinnati Post found that voter turnout fell—and stayed down years later—after the paper shut its doors.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08997764.2013.785553
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Newspapers and magazines serving communities near me on on the central coast of California are published by an avowed Nazi, apparently, and that's scary!
hate-monitor-here.blogspot.com/2024/05/nicholas-mattson-newspapermagazine.html
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Explains why billionaires are buying media.
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