You seem to be making the assumption that local reporting is better in some way; i.e. that it will be more accurate? You might be interested to know that the U

You seem to be making the assumption that local reporting is better in some way; i.e. that it will be more accurate? You might be interested to know that the UK publication The Economist tries to have non-UK reporters covering the UK, and non-US reporters covering the US. The idea being that non-local reporters are both more neutral and have a wider perspective to bring. The Guardian is one of the world's top newspapers, along with the New York Times, Le Monde, etc. HN is international. And honestly I'll take reporting from The Guardian over a local ABC 15 affiliate any day. This is a national story. A random local affiliate has less resources to report the story, not more.