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Originally Posted by steeljack
the decline in local newspaper readership is one of things local politicians and civil servants love more than anything , fewer reporters who live in the area asking 'delicate' questions means less overview .
Used to be it was the way that you found out that someone you had once worked with or gone to school with had 'passed over' or the young lass from the next street whose wedding had been reported a year ago had given birth to twins , just general community news ... I'm thinking the local 'crime report" which everyone read was a better detterant than the present day ABSOs which rarely get a mention.
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Sadly this is true, and our local politicans must be breathing a collective sigh of relief, that the days when local journalists had time to investigate, and uncover a newsworthy scoop, are now over.
When I moved to London I realised there wasn't the same pressure exerted by the local press, mainly because there wasn't one.
If you didn't pay your TV licence in London, no one knew.
If the same thing happened here, everyone knew about it, because it was reported in the local press.
'Up and down Accy market in a fur coat like Lady Docker, and not two bob to rub togethe to buy a telly licence.'
Oh the shame.
