absolutely not, its our version of one of those garbage main street media websites that popped up in the late aughts early 10s. it just regurgitates AP stories so it can sell ads.

That's insulting to the Herald almost. They at least had a catchy jingle, a print edition, and writers who are willing to put their names on a byline.

They do share the same tabloidy sensationalist approach to things but GoLocalProv really steps up the game where they clearly have targets and approach it in a way that is just hard to call real journalism. A few years ago, someone splashed some paint on a Columbus statue and they wrote a whole-ass article because one of their former writers that occasionally freelanced music reviews for the ProJo had a Facebook post joking about it.

It's pretty clear who they pick and choose as their targets and the coverage is beyond slanted on anything political.

Crime-wise, they'll jump on anything the police department feeds them and usually limit their reporting to the initial details that the police email them and no real follow-up or actual reporting.