When newspapers die it costs taxpayers more money

Everyone who has worked on a newspaper knows that, when papers wither or die, politicians and crooked businesses run amok because there’s no one to watch the fox in the henhouse.

Economists put a price on it, beyond even the horror of a damage democracy. Government bond costs go up substantially when newspapers go belly-up. That’s money out of YOUR pocket.

To read the article, go to https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/05/study-when-local-newspaper-close-city-bond-finances-suffer/561422/?fbclid=IwAR1183tFQpWmsNDFpAFZYn1KNBjd5AV3iNvGGJ_VPzu9kXZNoljmxxZt3js