Post-local for post-yokels
That’s what they used to call it at a certain Dallas newspaper that is no more. Meaning when the story was beyond 200 miles being extra careful about the facts became, essentially, unnecessary. Because nobody out thataway was likely to be reading it.
The late, perhaps-lamented Dallas Times Herald, I suspect.
This is a Texas-size radius, so your mileage may vary:
In New York City, and New Jersey, when I worked in NJ in the 70s, it was more like the 50-mile rule.
Today, when you or I have access to more stuff than the Associated Press ever dreamed of back then, this sort of “Screw it, it’s way the hell out there in Lower Rubevania” business simply won’t fly anymore. And worse yet, the Rubes have become disinclined to maintain proper obeisance to their superiors in the press.
Doncha just love it?
