19 July

The death of local papers is mostly social media. People get their news and more importantly their sense of community now, through social media. That’s its bait, in a bait-and-switch operation that is really about capturing our personal and social lives, and then monetising them. Much of what happens in our community now, is shaped by these platforms. And we still use them as if they’re cuddly places where we share our togetherness with family and friends. They’re owned by a handful of billionaires, whose views on society are straight out of a Charles Dickens novel.