Look at the data. People are done with national media. Trust is moving local. That’s where legitimacy is being rebuilt, town by town. The old gatekeepers are losing control of the narrative. What looks like a media trend is really a collapse of centralized authority and a shift in where persuasion actually happens.

https://civicscience.com/media-consumption-outlook-for-the-year-ahead-local-news-gains-trust-and-political-attention-rises-as-midterms-approach/ #localnews