Who could have seen it coming?

"An estimated 50 million Americans live in counties w/ either no local news source or just one."

"Facebook’s deemphasis of local news and the rise of generative AI on search engines has also driven people away from the news sites."

apnews.com/article/news...

Here's to the memory of Tom Robbins, a journalistic bulldog & teacher to many, including @ CUNY J School.

“Showing up, listening closely and finding the people burning with intensity to tell their story, those are the three most important qualities of the job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...

“If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.”

Barbara Jordan

This ridiculous accusation by the new FCC Chair to investigate whether NPR & PBS, the last vestiges of a public commons media source to be commercial free, are somehow "too commercial" while ignoring the "Vast Wasteland" of Internet & social media should warrant a fight.
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...