My buddy in Austin proved my whole take on local news was off

I was at a BBQ spot last Tuesday and told him local news is dead because nobody under 40 watches it, but he pulled up a story about a neighborhood zoning vote that got 2,000 people to a city council meeting after one segment ran. He showed me how the algorithm feeds off the drama segments but the real civic impact comes from those dull 6 PM reports. Anyone else had their assumptions about a dying format flipped by seeing it work in person?

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angela_patel751mo ago

Wow, 2,000 people for a zoning vote, sounds like a fluke.

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