Back in early November, we talked about the little-noted demise of two of the weekly local papers in New York City, the Gothamist and DNAinfo. At the time, I noted that it was really a sad development because papers like that have the somewhat unique ability to focus all of their time and resources on covering local news which is often drowned out amidst all the national and global stories which eat up the front pages of the bigger papers. Those two outlets broke many stories about municipal corruption and waste, as well as keeping a finger on the pulse of how New York City denizens were reacting to current events.
The Mayor of the Big Apple, Bill de Blasio, also apparently misses the local flavor of such outlets. (Which is rather curious since many of the corruption stories they covered were about him.) It’s a topic he addressed in a recent Q&A with reporters, but he gave a thumbs up to a rather offputting suggestion of how such newspapers could be kept afloat. Hey… maybe the city could pay for them! (NY Post)
The Mayor went on to say that a newspaper owned by the public (presumably through their tax dollars) would be “fair and responsive” and “create more balance.” That was topped off with some insinuations about current newspapers which are owned by “a bunch of rich individuals from multinational corporations.”
I guess the “balance” part would be more positive stories about the de Blasio administration, a goal which might be readily achieved if the staff at the paper was getting paychecks covered by City Hall. We can probably assume that the evil fat cats from multinational corporations in question are the owners of the New York Post. But shouldn’t that be balanced out by the owners of the New York Times and the New York Daily News, who are generally in the cheering section for every liberal cause which comes along? When you’ve got those papers coming after you it’s a safe bet that you’ve really screwed up.
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