{"id":7243,"date":"2017-04-27T10:49:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:25:50","slug":"local-and-regional-news-coverage-about-the-flint-water-crisis-was-minimal-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"feature","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/local-and-regional-news-coverage-about-the-flint-water-crisis-was-minimal-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Local and regional news coverage about the Flint water crisis was minimal in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"rcc-4\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"rcv-5\">\n\n<div id='g-2014-media-line-chart-box' class='ai2html'>\n\t<!-- Generated by ai2html v0.61 - 2017-04-24 - 16:44 -->\n\t<!-- ai file: 2014-media-line-chart -->\n\n\t<style type='text\/css' media='screen,print'>\n\t\t.g-artboard 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style='top:69.4521%;left:86.9507%;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='g-aiPstyle11'>M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id='g-ai0-41' class='g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs' style='top:69.4521%;left:90.1022%;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='g-aiPstyle11'>A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id='g-ai0-42' class='g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs' style='top:69.4521%;left:92.9245%;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='g-aiPstyle11'>M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id='g-ai0-43' class='g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs' style='top:69.4521%;left:96.1891%;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='g-aiPstyle11'>J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id='g-ai0-44' class='g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs' style='top:73.6128%;left:24.4881%;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='g-aiPstyle7'>2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id='g-ai0-45' class='g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs' style='top:73.6128%;left:59.9376%;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='g-aiPstyle11'>2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id='g-ai0-46' class='g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs' style='top:73.6128%;left:88.3556%;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p 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class='g-aiPstyle15'>2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id='g-ai3-45' class='g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs' style='top:70.8459%;left:57.7551%;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='g-aiPstyle12'>2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id='g-ai3-46' class='g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs' style='top:70.8459%;left:86.7551%;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='g-aiPstyle12'>2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id='g-ai3-47' class='g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs' style='top:74.5898%;left:0.4102%;width:99.2122%;'>\n\t\t\t\t<p class='g-aiPstyle13'>Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &#038; Newspapers databases. 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