PTE Reading
Re-order Paragraphs
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Re-order Paragraphs
Arrange the sentences into the correct order.
Put the sentences in the correct order:
- These findings suggest that the disappearance of a small newspaper can quietly weaken a community's ability to hold its own leaders accountable.
- In towns where the local paper closed entirely, researchers later found that voter turnout dropped and government spending faced less public scrutiny.
- One by one, smaller papers began cutting staff, reducing publication days, or merging with larger regional outlets just to stay afloat.
- As advertising revenue shifted toward large online platforms, many of these papers struggled to pay reporters and cover their printing costs.
- For decades, local newspapers served as the primary source of information about school board meetings, town council votes, and neighborhood crime.