Comment by georgia_peach

Are the towns busted because they no longer have propagandists? Or, did the propagandists move on after the towns had already been bled dry, & were no longer worth the effort?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

I'm old and from the city. The newspaper has always been a puppet of hospitals, real estate brokerages, & car dealerships. Part of how these companies get away with murder is by putting the entirety of local media, print & broadcast, in their back pockets.

Unless you're paying something in the ballpark of Bloomberg terminal prices, you're the product.