so let me ask you. you were at the l.a. iftimes, t editor. you got fired because you refused to make cuts in the newsroom. you both had to make cuts. it does speak to the state of local journalism. we ve seen news organizations that were dominant in their communities. but the advertising base is gone. what is the meaning to the country? for all of the emphasis of donald trump s attacks on the press, the most impactful shift of journalism is the decline of local news. there are whole swaths of the country not covered.