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In response to "I've always thought THE primary role of journalism has been to protect people's liberty and rights" by Strongbad

basically the problem comes down to what private corporations see as efficiencies.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Apr 22 '09, 09:22

They reuse stories across a chain, getting one person to do the work of 4 or 5. Great for a profit margin, but it reduces the amount of stories told out there. They was brief talk of merging our paper with one based in a town 30 miles away, which is insane. There's no way I (or chillingly, 30 miles away me) could cover the important stories with the same depth, or even get to them at all. You just need more feet on the ground getting to those stories.

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So to be more specific, it's the reduction of # of journalists, not specifically mergers & consolidation. - Strongbad Apr 22, 09:27 1
- not necessarily - mergers and consolidation can affect news coverage too, especially of local issues - Roger More Apr 22, 09:32

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basically the problem comes down to what private corporations see as efficiencies.

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