Sentiment for the local paper =who will mourn if they fail?

It is worth reading Ian Jack's piece in the Saturday Guardian in which he reflects on the local newspaper industry.

The demise of local papers means the official version of events may soon be the only version

he writes but reminds us that

Local newspapers are easily sentimentalised, especially by writers who used to work on them.

and talking about his own experiences on the Cambuslang Advertiser says that

The paper hardly equipped Cambuslang's residents for democracy's vital habits. Our reporting rarely inquired into local authority decisions; the most important news came from the small local court and the football team. When the paper closed more than 40 years ago nobody mourned, and the same may come true of some of the titles that exist today