It seems like there's a centralization mismatch - the revenue model of journalism has centralized, while regional corruption hasn't. So unless centralized journ

It seems like there's a centralization mismatch - the revenue model of journalism has centralized, while regional corruption hasn't. So unless centralized journalism starts to demonstrate a real ability to quickly allocate resources to local school boards, city councils, etc, there's a real arbitrage opportunity for your garden-variety local corrupt official to get away with shenanigans without much of a check on their power.