The Wheeling Alternative

Some things don’t change

Another look at the Wheeling Intelligencer’s editorial page

Old, irrelevant, and recycled editorials

With the exception of the weekend edition when local issues are sometimes addressed, the Wheeling Intelligencer’s daily two editorials are very predictable: one will be an (often-dated) editorial concerning West Virginia from another Ogden West Virginia paper and the other will be a mostly . . .

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June 27, 2023

“You cannot be serious!”

This is quite a conspiracy, Mac, if it includes a judge appointed by Donald Trump

Tennis star John McEnroe’s often-repeated outburst when an umpire's call did not go his way quickly came to mind as I read an Ogden newspaper interview of Mac Warner, WV’s Secretary of State and candidate for WV governor, who was in Wheeling yesterday for a campaign fundraiser. The visit was covered by local stenographer Jocelyn King and . . .

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June 21, 2023

Odds and ends: Fox News and Senator Capito finally mentions Trump

"Fair and balanced" Fox News (of course)

From the New York Times:

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June 14, 2023

Best states, worst states

A look at how West Virginia fares in recent rankings

Recently, from U.S. News & World Report's "Best States" rankings:
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And from WalletHub's state economic rankings:

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June 13, 2023

West Virginia’s Trump Party responds predictably as Donald Trump is indicted

Congressman and Senate candidate, Alex Mooney:

Attorney General and candidate for governor, Patrick Morrisey:

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June 09, 2023

AI now creating different political realities

Forget Photoshop, artificial intelligence has arrived

A new ad from Ron DeSantis:

It is good to see that readers and Twitter attempted to correct this. The images remain, however, and what . . .

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June 08, 2023

West Virginia media love publicity hounds

And Riley Moore is their top dog

Treasurer Riley Moore gets front-page coverage for simply doing his job

From the front page of today’s Wheeling Intelligencer:

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital Gets Almost $85,000 in Unclaimed Property

And it features this picture:

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(The caption tells us that WH’s CEO is pointing out “ . . .

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June 07, 2023

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