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Harvard's Shorenstein Center has studied this, and there's a strong correlation between local newspapers closing and corruption in local politics increasing. (Y
by whakim 4y ago
Harvard's Shorenstein Center has studied this, and there's a strong correlation between local newspapers closing and corruption in local politics increasing. (You may be addressing national politics which is a different matter entirely.)
- dnissley 4y agoTried to find the study you're referring to by googling but came up empty handed -- could you point me in the right direction? Funnily enough the closest I came was another comment of yours :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30561773 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30561773
- groffee 4y agoLots of resources on the actual site mentioned https://shorensteincenter.org/?s=corruption https://shorensteincenter.org/?s=corruption
- dnissley 4y agoNothing about a link between corruption and lack of local journalism, however
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y agoI found this: https://shorensteincenter.org/solutions-americas-local-journalism-crisis-consolidated-literature-review/ https://shorensteincenter.org/solutions-americas-local-journ... > Research shows that the disappearance of credible local news and information contributes to widening political polarization, increasing costs for local government and meaningfully suboptimal community outcomes as independent oversight decreases or, in the worst case, evaporates entirely. I guess the "increasing costs for local government and meaningfully suboptimal community outcomes" bit. It's worth noting that I can't seem to find anything in the references that specifically links that with a decline in reporting by local news.