McKay Coppins

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McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins

I should amend that to "aggressive local reporting," because even sites that *have* continued in the spirit of the alt-weekly are nationally oriented. They're not running deeply sourced 4,000-word takedowns of city council members. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 14, 2022

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I think there was a sort of vague idea in media circles a decade ago that "the internet," with its irreverence/humor/skepticism of authority, would naturally replace dying alt-weeklies. But what was actually lost was the pairing of that sensibility *with aggressive reporting* — PolitiTweet.org

I genuinely don't think American journalists understand how much has been lost with the demise of the Alt-Weekly. T… https://t.co/XHmz0JER8O

Posted Feb. 14, 2022

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@JerusalemDemsas @Noahpinion Welcome! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 15, 2022