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Comment by ilamont

4 years ago

In my city, the local chamber of commerce put together a plan for a nonprofit local news website, something that is truly needed for the reasons cited in TFA. However, while the virtual masthead proclaims "Independent. Accurate. Unbiased." the board of directors is made up mostly of wealthy property developers and people connected with the local real estate industry. There's no way they won't put their thumbs on the scale when it comes to vetting the chief editor, providing coverage of community meetings around development, and endorsing candidates for mayor and city council.

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jeffbee  4 years ago

You have the same problem with commercial newspapers, though. The L.A. Times is nothing more than a 100-year-long real estate pump and dump. Almost every newspaper in America relies on car dealer ads, and will therefore never say anything even slightly negative about cars. Cars and real estate have had their thumbs and the rest of their hand on the scale for a long time.