Newspapers are supposed to be WATCHDOGS!

As I was looking through the on-line edition of the Chicago Tribune I came across this article about a paper in Newark, NJ. The paper has struck a deal with Newark worth $100,000 to print only good news about the city. An editor at the paper said they had no critical reporters on staff and they had no investigative reporters on staff either. Basically it isn't a newspaper. Journalists are supposed to be the "watchdogs" of government. With this deal, the gov't of Newark can pretty much do what ever it wants to screw its citizens over. I find this absolutely outrageous!

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