Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Local newspapers are dying out across the country; this trend was especially pronounced between 2000 and 2014.
2. Local reporters typically have less education and experience than their national counterparts.
3. Local reporters have less adversarial relationships with local public officials than national correspondents have with officials in national government.
4. State politics tends to get more coverage and better coverage than local politics.
5. When covering national news or crises, local news outlets often use a local angle.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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