Churnalism and lack of council reporting in Lancashire

35 pages were devoted to news and of these 6.25 pages were given over to ‘council reporting’.

That's the verdict of Ed Walker who has been keeping an eye on coverage in the Lancashire Evening Post over the last few days.

As Ed says

Like others I’ve been finding there is little reporting of council meetings, more stories are created from council press releases and then a few quotes from councillors. It’s also not clear when these councillors were saying these quotes, although the councillors title and ward are always attached.