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Newspapers dying is not good for policing
Some might argue that a dying newspaper industry is good news for law enforcement. Those people would be quite wrong. The lack of journalistic oversight means a likely increase in corruption and government waste. With no one left to monitor and scrutinize local government, politicians and city managers are free to make bad decisions with no recourse, leaving taxpayers to cover the costs.