The Wheeling Alternative

Putting on a different mask: despite what they say, they're still climate change deniers

Today’s paper says nothing about the EPA’s new methane rules, and it attacks Bernie Sanders’ motive instead of dealing with his climate change plan

Methane? What methane?

This morning, major papers across the United States gave front-page coverage to yesterday’s important story on the environmental impact of the EPA’s decision to weaken its methane rules.

From the New York Times:

EPA to Weaken Control on Gas Tied to Warming

The Washington . . .

Read More

August 30, 2019

Today’s Wheeling newspapers: “We don’t need no stinkin’ landfill 34 miles from Wheeling to editorially attack when we’ve got national Democrats!”

After a 2-year absence, our local Ogden papers appear to have returned to their old editorial habits

Silvrback blog image

Since 2017, the local papers have claimed on various occasions that they are “community newspapers.” On Saturday, the Intelligencer once again reminded us:

But local matters - things affecting the everyday lives of our readers - were and are priorities at The Intelligencer.

That description partly . . .

Read More

August 27, 2019

Still clueless on millennials?

It doesn’t matter -- editor Mike Myer suggests how to bring them back to West Virginia

On the front page of yesterday's Wheeling News-Register, editor Mike Myer wants to “Bring the Kids Back Home.” Last January, Myer wrote a similar column. (No link – it wasn’t posted. I wrote about it here.) Like that earlier column, Myer has still not done any research into that age group or what they believe is important. Instead, the . . .

Read More

August 26, 2019

Will the real David McKinley please stand up?

The congressman says different things about red flag laws in different parts of his congressional district but no one at an Ogden call him out on it

Five days ago, the Wheeling News-Register’s front page featured this story about West Virginia’s 1st District congressman:

McKinley Backs ‘Red Flag’ Gun Regulations

McKinley, of course, was following President Trump’s lead and our local Republican paper was more than willing to publicize how one of its favorites . . .

Read More

August 23, 2019

Baseball on the cheap: Bob Nutting and the Pittsburgh Pirates

A 2019 update

In January of 2018, I speculated that Pittsburgh Pirate owner (and Ogden Newspaper owner) Bob Nutting’s business plan for the team was something like this:

  • 1. Field an inexpensive team by trading/not signing quality (higher salaried) players.
  • 2. Use “building for the future” and “restocking our depleted minor league system” . . .

Read More

August 22, 2019

“Newspapers and baseball on the cheap” – an update

Another look at Bob Nutting’s similar business models for his newspaper chain and baseball team

Early last year, I wrote here and here about the similarities between how Robert Nutting runs his newspaper chain (Ogden) and his baseball team (the Pittsburgh Pirates).

Here’s some of the important elements of the newspaper’s business model as I described them in my first post:

  • 1. Minimize costs by cutting workers, . . .

Read More

August 20, 2019

Senator Manchin revives background checks (with update)

President Trump on August 9: "On background checks, we have tremendous support for really common-sense, sensible, important background checks."

Silvrback blog image

After the deaths at Sandy Hook in 2013, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin co-sponsored an amendment to expand background checks only to see his efforts fail as only 54 senators (out of the 60 needed) supported his amendment. Two days ago, on Face the Nation, he discussed working with Trump’s staff on passing similar background . . .

Read More

August 20, 2019

Archive

All Categories: shelley moore capito(217) joe manchin(205) david mckinley(185) trump presidency(179) coronavirus(106) donald trump(104) patrick morrisey(99) mike myer(90) wheeling newspapers(88) ogden favorite(80) war on coal(79) ogden newspaper bias(79) jim justice(76) wheeling intelligencer(75) wheeling intelligencer editorial(72) alex mooney(68) ogden newspapers(67) coal(62) hillary clinton(61) intelligencer editorial(59) climate change(47) riley moore(45) gun control(44) wv legislature(43) wheeling news-register editorial(43) murray energy(40) wheeling news-register(38) trump administration(37) wv trump party(37) newspapers on the cheap(37) obama(36) mac warner(33) news-register editorial(33) robert murray(30) fair and balanced(30) anti-clinton bias(29) fox news(29) obamacare(28) fracking(28) intelligencer propaganda(27) ogden bias(26) wheeling newspaper biases(26) impeachment(26) trumpcare(25) republican legislature(24) michael myer(24) epa(23) don blankenship(23) mckinley mooney primary(23) town hall meetings(22) racism(22) bill cole(21) wv stenographer(20) wv republicans(20) evan jenkins(20) bob nutting(18) steven allen adams(18) wheeling newspaper hypocrisy(17) pittsburgh pirates(17) wheeling newspaper ethics(16) guns(16) sinclair broadcasting(16) gordon gee(16) wv politics(15) bishop bransfield(15) alternative energy(15) wv teachers(15) yesterday's news tomorrow(15) news on the cheap(15) charleston gazette-mail(14) baseball on the cheap(13) plagiarism(13) ryan ferns(13) republican candidates(13) ogden newspaper hypocricy(13) wtov(13) intelligencer(13) wv gop(13) joe biden(12) wv supreme court judges(12) bernie sanders(12) trump party(12) natural gas(12) it's all obama's fault(12) wv drug problems(12) west virginia coronavirus(12) wtrf(12) west virginia economy(12) abortion(12) ethical journalism(12) umwa(12) 2020 presidential election(11) mike stuart(11) republican tax reform(11) west virginians(11) bill johnson(11) coronavirus masks(11) build back better(11) koch(11) mitch mcconnell(10) right-to-work(10) robin capehart(10) gretchen whitmer(10) wv governor race(10) u.s. supreme court(10) voting rights(9) hoppy kercheval(9) full disclosure(9) west virginia republican party(9) john oliver(9) west virginia university(9) polls(9) vendetta(9) fake news(9) renewables(9) kendra fershee(9) 2024 wv senate race(8) 2018 wv senate race(8) republican presidential candidates(8) republicans vs. democrats(8) political correctness(8) ohio republicans(8) wv education(8) trump border wall(8) obamacare replacement(8) china and west virginia(8) blankenship trial(8) mountaintop removal(8) ohio politics(8) west virginia state government(8) morrisey(8) murray coal(8) trump racism(8) west virginia legislature(8) sports betting(8) electricity costs(8) trump indictment(7) doug reynolds(7) intelligencer headlines(7) 2018 wv senatorial election(7) ukraine(7) afghanistan(7) paula swearengin(7) john kasich(7) clean coal(7) teacher unions(7) coal ash(7) trump west virginia(7) global warming(7) fact checking(7) alpha natural resources(7) hunter biden(7) pro-trump coverage(7) opioids(7) ethics(6) investment in coal(6) education(6) u.s. energy policy(6) fossil fuels(6) rob portman(6) trump twitter(6) misleading headlines(6) appalachian sterotype(6) medicaid(6) religious freedom bill(6) infrastructure(6) west virginia health care(6) fox guarding hen house(6) dumbest editorial award(6) wv taxes(6) biden presidency(6) clean power plan(6) community newspaper(6) western coal(6) astroturf(6) jeff kessler(6) ryan weld(6) republican hypocrisy(6) 2022 wv congressional race(6) iran(6) brett kavanaugh(6) wv coronavirus(6) capito(5) worst editorial of the year award(5) deathmatch(5) trump golf(5) discrimination(5) wvgop(5) 2024 republican senate primary(5) wv media(5) andrew wheeler(5) carol miller(5) patricia rucker(5) immigration(5) wv stereotype(5) charter schools(5) brent benjamin(5) money in politics(5) coal wars(5) liberals(5) nobel peace prize(5) scott pruitt(5) mueller investigation(5) trump criticism(5) west liberty university(5) russians and trump(5) wheeling newspaper hypocricy(5) republican senatorial primary(5) odds and ends(5) election security(5) george floyd protests(5) miner retirement(5) child tax credits(4) jd vance(4) election fraud(4) ron desantis(4) climate change denier(4) patrick buchanan(4) blood on the mountain(4) nra(4) darrell mcgraw(4) intelligencer hypocrisy(4) drugs(4) coal propaganda(4) betsy devos(4) robert byrd(4) trump(4) political cartoons(4) anthony fauci(4) 2024 wv election(4) democratic presidential candidates(4) climate change polls(4) scalia replacement(4) wv jobs(4) severance tax(4) pro-trump bias(4) inflation(4) wheeling new-register editorial(4) ogden self-promotion(4) budget cuts to social programs(4) peabody energy(4) ogden stenography(4) 2024 election(4) antifa(4) president biden(4) conservation(4) republican national convention(4) trump budget(4) mckinley(4) paula jean swearingen(4) imperial president(4) chris miller(3) pope francis(3) iraq(3) little blue run(3) cults(3) msha(3) umw(3) the onion(3) concealed carry(3) wv public broadcasting(3) ted cruz(3) most unethical editorial award(3) west virginia history(3) west virginia's future(3) wv flooding(3) solar energy(3) jeff sessions(3) wilbur ross(3) executive action(3) west virginia 2017 budget(3) breitbart(3) martin luther king(3) wv aclu(3) david zatezalo(3) charlottesville(3) dreamers(3) medicare(3) william ihlenfeld(3) black lung(3) bethesda(3) water quality(3) anti-semitism(3) cnbc survey(3) jim jordan(3) wheeling hospital(3) pat mcgeehan(3) bluefield state college(3) worst editorial of 2019(3) bipartisanship(3) first energy(3) green new deal(3) twitter news(3) snap benefits(3) ogden syndicated columnists(3) natalie cline(3) united states postal service(3) amy coney barrett(3) west virginia gop(3) laura hollis(3) derrick evans(3) john mccabe(3) investigative reporting(3) intelligencer editorials(3) fentanyl(3) west virginia public broadcasting(3) crt(3) barry wendell(3) justice mooney primary(3) justice/mooney(3) american rescue plan(2) mass media(2) franking(2) associated press(2) pittsburgh post-gazette(2) miners protection act(2) 2020 democratic presidential candidates(2) texas(2) lauren boebert(2) josh mandel(2) jane timken(2) epipen(2) michelle malkin(2) refugee crisis(2) ogden newspaper hypocrisy(2) chris pritt(2) confederate statues(2) earmarks(2) social security(2) millennials(2) wv mining disasters(2) vawa(2) atlantic coast pipeline(2) integrity fee(2) william barr(2) evangelicals for trump(2) filibuster(2) 2019 government shutdown(2) january 6 insurrection(2) planned parenthood(2) booth goodwin(2) alec(2) youngstown state university(2) hope scholarship(2) wv vouchers(2) popular posts(2) phil kabler(2) wv democratic party(2) first amendment(2) voter suppression(2) benghazi(2) michael flynn(2) trump supporters(2) wv unemployment(2) more capito(2) obama white house(2) blame obama(2) ben shapiro(2) mountain valley pipeline(2) vouchers(2) fcc(2) kellyanne conway(2) omnibus funding bill(2) ohio county schools(2) sunday wheeling news-register(2) tariffs(2) huckabee(2) coronovirus(2) charleston gazette(2) lugar bipartisan index(2) kkk(2) secretary of education(2) marjorie taylor greene(2) rewriting history(2) mike azinger(2) brett crozier(2) alexander acosta(2) american chemical council(2) civility(2) united mine workers(2) the iraq war(2) paul manafort(2) trump tv(2) alt right(2) trump stuff you can't make up(2) 2017 summer recess(2) freedom of speech(2) u.s. deficit(2) wv business climate(2) ken ward jr(2) james van nostrand(2) shawn fluharty(2) solar energy in west virginia(2) ohio issue 1(2) james comey(2) wind energy(2) conspiracy theories(2) metronews poll(2) tpp(2) worst article of the year award(2) west virginia stereotype(2) mike pence(2) ferc(2) sexual harassment(2) north korea(2) george soros(2) anti-muslim attacks(2) quid pro quo(2) concern trolling(2) hilary clinton(2) coal company bankruptcy(1) jack yost(1) sex trafficking(1) lgbtq(1) bridges(1) ogden holiday editions(1) lng(1) flag burning(1) wheeling area media(1) beth walker(1) wv awards(1) artificial intelligence(1) war on christmas(1) methane(1) chris regan(1) eqt(1) labor day(1) alexander hamilton(1) ovmc closing(1) syria(1) conflict of interest(1) self-promotion(1) ivanka trump(1) self-disclosure(1) american civil war(1) voter id(1) tyler county(1) biden impeachment(1) term limits(1) matt bevin(1) cdc(1) whistleblower(1) 2019 awards(1) nativism(1) wheeling city council(1) legal notices(1) orwell(1) 2020 congressional race(1) 24/7 survey(1) michael bloomberg(1) stephen colbert(1) a charlie brown christmas(1) teach for america(1) kevin mccarthy(1) wheeling jesuit university(1) 2020 worst column award(1) buffalo creek(1) dr strangelove(1) coronavirus humor(1) cracker plant(1) sec(1) mark milley(1) higher education(1) new media(1) coal subsidies(1) cybersecurity(1) sexual assault(1) school choice(1) clean water bill(1) test scores(1) epa pr(1) rand paul(1) 2020 wv senatorial race(1) wv employers(1) marco rubio(1) student loans(1) mountain state spotlight(1) public access(1) no allegiance(1) making comments(1) wvu(1) patriot coal(1) antisemitism(1) barry goldwater(1) ogden predictions(1) kara mckinney(1) jill biden(1) kamala harris(1) biden-bashing(1) environmental films(1) 2024 wv governor race(1) wv income tax(1) alaska(1) elgin baylor(1) ohio river valley institute(1) tax cuts(1) rant(1) pays you owns you(1) heroin(1) ohio county library(1) jb mccuskey(1) air travel(1) insurrection investigation(1) wheeling police(1) west virginia media(1) chris walker(1) teresa toriseva(1) viatris/mylan(1) madison cawthorn(1) minimum wage(1) wvcbc(1) erickson(1) sean o'leary(1) mo brooks(1) freedom to choose(1) joe jeffries(1) republican family values(1) john prine(1) charleston(1) wv tourism(1) entitlements(1) capito moore(1) 2022 wv senate race(1) daily athenaeum(1) west virginia chemicals(1) west virginia cancer rates(1) ketanji brown jackson(1) putin(1) jeb bush(1) maxine waters(1) mike pompeo(1) poverty(1) little blue(1) biden economy(1) daily show(1) keystone pipeline(1) china(1) danielle walker(1) kroger(1) sierra club(1) mike oliverio(1) gigi sohn(1) john fetterman(1) baby formula(1) juneteenth(1) roe v. wade(1) casidy hutchinson(1) metro news(1) frank hoagland(1) kayla young(1) whiskey on the cheap(1) aspen news(1) women's rights(1) dinesh d’souza(1) fascism(1) sean hannity(1) giorgi meloni(1) gas prices(1) tax foundation(1) laura wakim-chapman(1) stereotypes(1) west virginia democratic party(1) best of the ohio valley(1) bishop mark brennen(1) wv war on public education(1) educational funding(1) doug skaff(1) inflation reduction act(1) ogden wellness weekend(1) nucor(1) microschools(1) east palestine(1) glenn elliot(1) redlining(1) homeschooling(1) esg investing(1) dodd-frank(1) boris epshteyn(1) hurricane harvey(1) local sports coverage(1) move(1) paris agreement(1) gary cohn(1) scott adams(1) child marriages(1) casey junkins(1) ethane storage(1) blogging(1) obama's fault(1) rush limbaugh(1) single payer(1) mepco(1) football culture wars(1) jim lees(1) john conyers(1) blake farenhold(1) baby dog(1) main studio rule(1) gil white(1) media matters(1) roy moore(1) jared kushner(1) kathleen hartnett-white(1) chip(1) mercatus center(1) ogden national debt editorial(1) national debt(1) fake editorial(1) 2018 budget(1) liberal blame(1) wv board of education(1) medical marijuana(1) internet service provider(1) city of wheeling(1) ultra-liberals(1) pelosi quote(1) 2017 wrap-up(1) 2017 favorites(1) 2017 awards(1) federal budget(1) rick perry(1) gazette-mail bankruptcy(1) net neutrality(1) death of newspaper(1) stream protection rule(1) nate cain(1) 2018 elections(1) terrorism(1) mccarthyism(1) mark curtis(1) woke(1) the health plan(1) alternate facts(1) exxon(1) babydog(1) rex tillerson(1) mike pushkin(1) comments(1) ethics committee(1) roseanne barr(1) freudian slip(1) west virginia wilder(1) cyberbullying(1) poverty porn(1) cbo(1) ohio state(1) rounding up the usual suspects(1) dumbest column award(1) wv population loss(1) mike caputo(1) tim armstead(1) trump foundation(1) richard ojeda(1) stephen bannon(1) super pac(1) third-party candidates(1) flint(1) school shootings(1) national education association(1) veterans(1) al gore(1) pat buchanan(1) michael cohen(1) plastic bags(1) benwood bridge(1) canary in the coal mine(1) 2018 awards(1) mike folk(1) bill clinton(1) hurricane matthew(1) heather bresch(1) media ethics(1) covington(1) americans for prosperity(1) grassroots leadership academy(1) eric porterfield(1) local news(1) coal companies(1) sherrod brown(1) ogden online poll(1) low-information voter(1) automation(1) events(1) banking(1) lgbt(1) editorial page bias(1) radical islam(1) beto o rourke(1) ilhan omar(1) elizabeth warren(1) newt gingrich(1) aarp(1) wv poll(1) tax rates(1) no labels(1) due process(1) worst column of 2019(1) aclu(1) biased research(1) capito reelection editorial(1) storage hub(1) superdelegates(1) democratic party(1) home

This update link alerts you to new Silvrback admin blog posts. A green bubble beside the link indicates a new post. Click the link to the admin blog and the bubble disappears.

Got It!