This stings more tbh because local news is a part of my nostalgia. It just felt a lot more relatable because it concerns news happening in your own backyard, but it's all fake too, and in the giant economic zone that is the US what little regional culture there is in many places has largely vanished. Even in the parts of the country with deeper roots regional culture is vanishing.
Local news outlets have always been corrupt of course, just like their national and international counterparts, just on a smaller scale. But regardless, real, actual local news, rather than this homogenized slop, desperately needs to make a comeback, because there's so much more that regular people can influence locally than nationally.
I no longer watch MSM, but when I catch someone else looking at it I've noticed a lot of what gets passed off as "local news" is just advertising for local businesses masquerading as news.
All local news is good for is the weather report and sports scores. Anyone who relies on the MSM for information--and especially commentary--on current events gets what he deserves: lies and groupthink. Watching it is good only for comparison to independent freelancers with some credibility, and they are in short supply.
This stings more tbh because local news is a part of my nostalgia. It just felt a lot more relatable because it concerns news happening in your own backyard, but it's all fake too, and in the giant economic zone that is the US what little regional culture there is in many places has largely vanished. Even in the parts of the country with deeper roots regional culture is vanishing.
Local news outlets have always been corrupt of course, just like their national and international counterparts, just on a smaller scale. But regardless, real, actual local news, rather than this homogenized slop, desperately needs to make a comeback, because there's so much more that regular people can influence locally than nationally.
I no longer watch MSM, but when I catch someone else looking at it I've noticed a lot of what gets passed off as "local news" is just advertising for local businesses masquerading as news.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
All local news is good for is the weather report and sports scores. Anyone who relies on the MSM for information--and especially commentary--on current events gets what he deserves: lies and groupthink. Watching it is good only for comparison to independent freelancers with some credibility, and they are in short supply.