Friendly Fire: The Hidden Killer of Local News
“One particularly nefarious case of friendly fire involves colleges and universities.”
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This story was originally published by Local News Blues on 08/12/2024.
I was living in Brazil when the post-9/11 war in Iraq began, and I still remember a particular piece of news saying that, at that point in the war efforts, more British troops had been killed by friendly fire from US forces than from enemy efforts.
What does that have to do with local news? More than we would like to accept.
One of the main difficulties in the local news environment is the sheer number of local news outlets competing for the same dollars from the same sources.
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