While control over national media has become increasingly concentrated and manipulated, some have looked to local media as a place where the truth can slip through the cracks of the universe of spin generated by the leading legacy media. A national news anchor might report on “peaceful protests” whereas a local report would cover property damage.
But a new role for local media is coming into being — as enforcers of favored policies, exposing and ruining the lives of common people taking unfavored positions.
Consider the example of Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of killing two people during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse, who was armed, shot and killed two people who were attacking him, and maintains his innocence on the grounds of self-defense.
A legal defense fund for Rittenhouse was set up on GiveSendGo (after GoFundMe shut down the account established there). But information from GiveSendGo was leaked to reporters, one of whom wasted no time in targeting a local paramedic who had committed the unspeakable offense of contributing $10 to Rittenhouse’s defense.
