According to a major story by This American Life, news companies have outsourced local news production to Journatic, a company that hires underpaid workers in the Philippines, and uses fake bylines to create local news for communities in the United States. You shouldn’t need a world map to find out where your local news is being produced. Sign the Petitionhttp://act.freepress.net/sign/journatic Dear Sam Zell and the Tribune Company: Don’t sell out local journalism. Stop outsourcing local news and put out-of-work local journalists back on local beats.
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According to a major story by This American Life, news companies have outsourced local news production to Journatic, a company that hires underpaid workers in the Philippines, and uses fake bylines to create local news for communities in the United States.

You shouldn’t need a world map to find out where your local news is being produced.

Sign the Petition
http://act.freepress.net/sign/journatic

Dear Sam Zell and the Tribune Company:

Don’t sell out local journalism. Stop outsourcing local news and put out-of-work local journalists back on local beats.

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    What’s so scary about that?
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    shit’s scary. And, yes, please do sign
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    whatta shame
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    OF COURSE SAM ZELL DID THIS THE MOTHERFUCKER TRIED TO SELL THE NAMING RIGHTS TO WRIGLEY FIELD BECAUSE HE IS A GREEDY...
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    I realize I’m a few days behind on this one but YO majorly not okay
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