Opinion: As Local Media Outlets Disappear, Bad Actors are Stepping into the Void

Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2020 2:30 pm

Editorial Board | Washington Post

The collapse of the local news industry offers manipulators a mother lode of opportunity: a populace full of questions and a gaping hole where they used to go for answers. A network of nearly 1,300 websites discovered by the New York Times is the latest example of bad actors exploiting the void.

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