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Re:Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think) by mulmen on Saturday May 05, 2018 @04:30PM (#17003619)
My hyperlocal news outlet is “sponsored” by many local businesses. I have always felt there was a conflict of interest created by this sponsorship.

One of the businesses is an auto shop. If that auto shop is doing something like re-using old oil to save money on oil changes or some other shady tactic would the hyperlocal news go after them?

I’ve never seen investigative journalism out of my hyperlocal news, it is all just community news about upcoming events and the like.

I could be mistaken but your links don’t make it clear to me that any of these hyperlocal organizations are doing investigative journalism. My hyperlocal outlet certainly doesn’t.

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Re:Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think) by katzgrau on Sunday May 06, 2018 @05:29PM (#17008667)
An ethical journalist will absolutely go after that auto shop. But what you're describing is a political/ethical conflict which can arise any time an organization accepts support money, even from readers.
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