“The ‘first and most voiced complaint’ from participants was that news coverage of people like them skewed toward negative stories or reflected them in a negative light.”
Local news’ bundling of hard news, soft news, and other information used to be a major selling point, but the audience now believes there are better sources elsewhere for most of it.
In the U.S., for instance, self-reported interest in the news declined by 11%. But Americans are also more likely to pay for news than those in many other countries.
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Many people worldwide say they’re losing interest in news … but more are paying for it." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 23 Jun. 2021. Web. 5 Jun. 2023.
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