Shenanigans rising

Taegan Goddard posts about a theory I suspect, too — that the never ending cuts to newspapers will enable all manner of backroom political shenanigans once thought to be under control. Who’s going to investigate anything? The days of paving riverbeds with overpriced concrete on a government contract might be back. “Citizen” journalists don’t have the chops yet. “Regular” journalists don’t know if they’ll have work six months from now. Or else they work for a company with an agenda of one kind or another. Or else they’re just plain overworked with nonjournalistic tasks to the detriment of their ability to do their jobs.

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