Take anything written by local media about other regions of the USA (anything outside of a 100 mile radius of their HQ) with half a pound of salt. Including (e

Take anything written by local media about other regions of the USA (anything outside of a 100 mile radius of their HQ) with half a pound of salt. Including (especially?) the Washington Post and the New York Times. They’re just as parochial as the Peoria Journal Star in their own way. If anyone is bothered, make a note to send a box of oranges to the WaPo editors during the next blizzard in DC. That was the standard response in the 1900s.