What is the most undercovered media story right now?
There’s a lot going on in the media these days.
President Donald Trump is constantly threatening news outlets. Journalists are being killed in Gaza. CBS News has a new owner. The Washington Post’s opinion section has undergone a major overhaul. Public broadcasters are facing major economic crunches.
But what is the most undercovered story in the media? Which media story should be getting more attention?
“I have been thinking in terms of news media, (it’s) the Los Angeles Times and the implosion over there,” veteran media reporter Oliver Darcy told me. “If that was happening on the East Coast to a major East Coast paper, we would be talking about it left and right.”
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