Most cities have only one newspaper. Community newspapers cannot compete with the local newspaper monopolies. Citizen reporters could contribute stories to a central database from which local newswebs could be put together. Stories that go unnoticed by the commercial papers because of their advertising interests would finally get the play they deserve. Like every good idea, the ICN is not unique.
Many web sites exist that provide collections of news summaries and links.
We are interested in the content, because in the content, lies the viewer. What is important about the internet, and interesting about the internet, is how people's values and beliefs are reflected, and how they collide, locally, nationally, and globally. The content of NewsTrolls centers around the daily trolls which is where I come in. I'm just another nameless face, a Pasty Drone, like so many others. Knowledge goes over walls, under dams, and through every government, no matter how repressive.