It's not been a good week for Patrick Morrisey
Yesterday, a terrible poll; today, problems connected with Big Pharma
Court says AG's drug company documents must be released
Here's the headline from the front page of today's Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Morrisey must reveal drug firm documents
The article by reporter Jake Zuckerman begins:
A Kanawha County Circuit judge ordered Attorney General . . .
Manchin's lead reaches double-digits in new poll
Democrat Joe Manchin's lead on Republican Patrick Morrisey has moved to 16% according to a poll just released by WSAZ-Gray television:
The poll indicates that Manchin leads Morrisey by 16 percentage points, 52-36. That's double the margin of a WSAZ poll released on Oct. 1. The previous poll showed Manchin leading 46-38.
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Lies about health care and debates, dated photos, and TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP
The Morrisey campaign appeals to Trump's low information voter
Morrisey and Trump lie about their support for pre-existing conditions
President Trump is right. I have always supported protecting those who need help the most, including those with preexisting conditions. Manchin lies and tries to scare voters because he’s just another dishonest Washington liberal. #wvsen https://t.co/rkYfpyeAGH
— AG . . .
“No credible group has ever said ‘we want to host a debate.’”
-- Republican District 1 Representative David McKinley on why there has not been a debate between the candidates
Why has there been no debates between our congressional candidates? As our Republican representative told the editor of the Daily Antheneum, "no credible group" has been willing to host a debate. Since he made that comment, WV Metro News talk show host Hoppy Kerchival and the Charleston Gazette-Mail have both volunteered. . . .
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A look at the "guns in the schools" issue
Should the rest of the country follow Barnesville and the state of Ohio?
Ohio gets serious
Monday’s Wheeling papers had a long (by their standards) article on teachers carrying guns in Ohio schools. After quoting Trump on what a great idea it is, the article tells us:
Under the cloak of security, school districts in 68 of Ohio’s 88 counties have armed teachers — many without telling the . . .
Posted in: gun controlschool shootings
"hillbilly," small-town West Virginia, and the WV Roadkill Cookoff
Recent media explorations of the Appalachian and West Virginia stereotype
A new film about the Appalachian stereotype
The preview:
The movie is titled "hillbilly." The directors are Ashley York and Sally Rubin. Here's the synopsis:
Appalachia is no stranger to the complexity of media representation. Since our country's inception, there has been a palpable . . .
If Ogden papers are so “vital” to our community, why must they continually tell us that?
Wouldn’t it be self-evident?
From today’s editorial* celebrating National Newspaper Week, “Newspapers Vital In Informing Public,” in the Wheeling News-Register:
Right here in our communities, newspapers matter because our readers know they can turn to us for the real story, when social media has run amok. They know our reporters will ask the questions – of . . .
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