Dean Obeidallah: George Santos is truly a self-made man in that he apparently made up a biography to run for Congress.
from Georgia to Hawaii recently shut down. Gannett shuttered six weekly newsrooms in New York state alone.
Despite those trends, the North Shore Leader, a small local newspaper that has covered Long Island for more than 70 years, questioned in a September report. The paper also said that Santos’ claim to local Republicans that he owned a $10 million mansion in the Hamptons was not backed up by real estate records.
A small newspaper that has covered Long Island more than 70 years questioned how Santos went from no income or assets in 2020 to assets worth at least $2.6 million in 2022. But bigger newsrooms apparently didn’t notice. A search of online articles by Newsday, the largest paper in Long Island, brings up no mention of those allegations before the election. In fact, Newsday noted that Santos didn’t give an interview to their editorial board in 2022 so the newspaper republished its interview of him from 2020.
Local news outlets will likely contract even more, especially if we head into a recession. That means we can probably expect to see even more George Santoses running for office and winning.
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