Addendum 2
Language Barriers Complicate the Geography of News Deserts
Lack of access to local bilingual news isolates people who speak little or no English
https://prospect.org/culture/2023-09-08-language-barriers-news-deserts
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Addendum 2 cont'd
* news deserts expanding: 2 decades ago U.S. had 9,000 newspapers; 2019: 6,700
*of U.S.' 3,143 counties, 200 have no newspaper/other sources credible news
* Half these counties only have 1 newspaper and 2/3 do not have daily newspaper
* losses especially glaring in Midwest, East
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