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Undercurrents: The Bay Area’s Lack of Local Day-to-Day Media Reporting - Read More

Date Added: June 19, 2008 10:44:03 PM
One of the great ironies of these times—something historians in our grandchildren’s time will probably better be able to understand and explain—is that we are experiencing an explosion of information and internet discussion concerning local events while simultaneously seeing a drying up of direct news media reporting on those events.

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