Many Would Shrug if Their Local Newspaper Closed

Pew Research by Andrew Kohut | Mar. 12, 2009 (Poll)

As many newspapers struggle to stay economically viable, fewer than half of Americans (43%) say that losing their local newspaper would hurt civic life in their community “a lot.” Even fewer (33%) say they would personally miss reading the local newspaper a lot if it were no longer available. Full Story »

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Michael Higdon
3.2
 by Michael Higdon - Mar. 14, 2009

Not particularly. Quality journalism does a good job of synthesizing information and putting it into context. This story, instead, runs through a series of survey results and attempts to put them into context. The results are not terribly qualified or even that interesting and the question does not account for salience in the public mind.

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