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1. iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 22-May-2018 04:24:51 EDT iona 🐝

   Fed up of my local newspaper. All it does is print lurid stories of poverty, addiction, mental illness and misery as seen through the lens of the police press office which feeds them most of their 'news'.

   What happened to local journalism? Why has holding power to account been replaced with "Watch moment man is tasered and pepper sprayed in brawl with police" and "Jilted boyfriend stabbed ex-lover's dog as he drunkenly slashed her clothes"?

   1. iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 22-May-2018 16:42:05 EDT iona 🐝

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      Tonight's top three stories in our local newspaper:

      "YouTube rapper sparked mass 20-man brawl outside McDonald's by hitting people with yellow cleaning cone"

      "Drunk man spat at police officer after he was sprayed with CS gas"

      "Woman smashed up mum's gold Samsung phone with hammer and said: 'I'm not bloody sorry'"

      What has happened to local news? Why this lurid drivel?

      1. iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 22-May-2018 16:42:47 EDT iona 🐝

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         It's quite a nice area. It's not the hell hole you'd expect if you got all your news from the local newspaper.