The source material makes a weak case for the causation (rather than simply correlation) claimed in the title. Here’s a link to the actual report, for some rea

The source material makes a weak case for the causation (rather than simply correlation) claimed in the title. Here’s a link to the actual report, for some reason it’s buried 3 or 4 levels deep from the article: https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/research/state-of-local-news/report https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/research/state-... Notice the headline (clickbait?) topic is not the primary theme of the report. The report is primarily about the state of the newspaper business. In the key findings, “news deserts” causing a divide is only mentioned in one of the last points. I’m not trying to disagree necessarily, but they need to provide better support for the tie-in.