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by braza 559 days ago
100% that.

> Large media companies have swooped in and gobbled up pretty much every major newspaper, local tv news, and local radio news.

I think the main issue is related to the funding of those projects. As a non-American but former resident of San Francisco, I would like to see more things like [1] (regardless of the political side) for local politics.

It's a pity that the national news is pushed so hard that local councils and mayors can do almost everything without any pushback, even being the kind of politics that has a direct and immediate effect on most normal people.

[1] - https://www.piratewires.com/p/downtown-is-for-drug-users-san...