The News Gap: Rethinking the Role of Local News

On May 2, 2007, CNN.com editors felt readers should know about the latest Bush veto, as well as about contaminated feed that could affect farms nationwide. Readers disagreed, preferring to learn about Britney Spears’ sexy stage comeback and why Joan Baez was banned from a concert at Walter Reed Hospital. This kind of disconnect fuels … More The News Gap: Rethinking the Role of Local News