On today's "What's That About?", the team explains how a city of 118,000 people like Cambridge became such a news desert (thanks vulture capitalists at Gannett!), but Desmond says there's hope on the horizon as local non-profit Cambridge Day looks to provide an oasis of local reporting. #cambridgema #cctvcambridge #mapoli https://vimeo.com/831516136
What's That About? The Cambridge News Desert

Vimeo

@wombatofevil
The “hole of destruction” left by the monopolization of “local news”…
From #newspapers to #radio to #tv by the “American #oligarchs ”…
Is more dangerous than many realize.

Excellent #nonprofit reporting is the “lighthouse” spotlighting a path away from…
The devastation of #ignorance.

Please help support those entities making a #difference.