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Hey, it’s front page favorite week at the Wheeling Intelligencer
Capito PR today, Capehart PR yesterday: This is what passes for news?
With accompanying picture, today’s Shelley Moore Capito article covers half of the front page. There is no news in the article and the article is filled with bland statements such as:
. . .Capito indicated she is happy with the Republican party’s platform at this point in time, and she hopes that it continues going forward.
Loan forgiveness: Good for me, not for thee
The Wheeling News-Register and WV’s congressional delegation attack President Biden’s plan
Background
From Fortune Magazine:
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration will forgive $10,000 in student loan debt per federal borrower earning under $125,000 per year during the pandemic. . . .
Biden also announced that Pell Grant recipients who earn less than $125,000 per year during the . . .
Breaking: McKinley makes front page!!!
Yesterday, I complained that the Wheeling Intelligencer had not mentioned local congressman, David McKinley in over three months. (105 days, to be more precise.) Today, he made the front page:
In today’s top-of-the-page article, McKinley gets mentioned five times and quoted three times. I’m a bit skeptical that it was my . . .
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Whatever happened to Representative David McKinley?
Yes, he’s still our congressman even if he has disappeared from local news reports
Until recently, local congressman, David McKinley, has always been in the local news
Newspapers: Since David McKinley was elected to Congress in 2010, Ogden Newspapers have reported his every move and utterance. Whether it was a visit with veterans, a trip to the Highlands, or talking to constituents, Ogden was there to cover (and . . .
Updating the war on public education
From Don Moynihan:
“Why is it hard to recruit new public school teachers?” pic.twitter.com/pDFmvnYBIb
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) August 23, 2022
Do you think Fox News has had anything to do with this? You need to watch this video compilation:
I compiled this thread into a video so you can hear how cruel Fox News is to . . .
Posted in: wv teachers
And the hits keep coming!
More fallout as national media continue to cover Ogden Newspapers' Aspen problems
Earlier this week, the New York Times published a long article by reporter Jack Healy that documented some of the problems surrounding Ogden Newspapers and the Aspen Times. Today, The Atlantic deepened our understanding with an article by the former editor of the Times, Andrew Travers:
At the Aspen Times, I had a front row seat for . . .
Posted in: aspen newsogden newspapers
Robert Nutting: More “baseball on the cheap” and a new venture
Nutting’s baseball team continues to be among the worst in baseball
Here is Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley announcing last night’s Pittsburgh Pirates/Boston Red Sox game:
Dennis Eckersley on the Pirates (roster construction, payroll, etc):
"You talk about a no-name lineup. There's no team like this."
"This is a hodgepodge of . . .