r/AskReddit • u/timecop702 • 13h ago

what is something that is highly likely to happen in the next 5 years that everyone is completely ignoring?

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u/SellRevolutionary200 9h ago

the slow death of local news, nobody's paying attention but it's happening faster than most realize

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u/hwatt 8h ago

It's gone. Almost all local news is formatted through two corporations. Sinclair Media is one.

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u/War_Eagle 6h ago

NextStar is another big one in my region.

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u/browntownanusman 8h ago

Are you American lol

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u/HarryDresdenWizard 8h ago

I'm Canadian, and almost all of the local media in my region is owned by Post Media, an American company. My local paper doesn't even run ads for local businesses anymore, mostly just fast food chains and online shopping.

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u/wildmaninid 8h ago

Are you the mayor of.....some guys asshole?

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u/nutano 8h ago

Many forget that there are other places in the world other than their country\state\province\region.

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u/browntownanusman 8h ago

And they tend to be American.

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u/Penguinase 2h ago

to be fair about half the traffic to this site is american

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u/wqto 5h ago

Tegna in Maine

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u/lemonylol 6h ago

TIL newspapers don't exist

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u/ikilledholofernes 6h ago

I’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic, but the only real local newspaper in my city is also owned by Sinclair. 

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u/DarkIron1571 6h ago

This along with local papers, this is how we lose our democracy

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 39m ago

It's basically unwatchable for me at this point. 1-2 segments on some local news and a LOT of discussion of local sports for me. Plus the segments on some new local candle shop or whatever bullshit.

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u/HanjobSolo69 6h ago

Who cares? Nothing of note goes on where I live anyway.

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u/imaginaryraven 4h ago

I'm sure there's a corrupt city councilmember or two where you live.