The Wheeling Alternative
More poop from WTOV-9
Our local Steubenville Broadcasting station continues to print and air Sinclair’s anti-Biden propaganda
As a follow-up to last week’s post on Sinclair Broadcasting’s anti-Biden propaganda (see previous post), Judd Legum is out with another Sinclair article which examines the source (the Republican National Committee) for Sinclair's anti-Biden articles and coverage and the extent to which that source distorts news reports. As Legum notes:
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WTOV Steubenville is just following orders
Dropping all pretense of objectivity and fairness, Sinclair Broadcasting’s WTOV-9 recently attacked President Biden’s fitness for office with a questionable Wall Street Journal report
Once again, local station WTOV Steubenville conformed to Sinclair Broadcasting’s rightwing bias by airing a Sinclair-scripted segment on President Biden's supposed mental decline. Earlier today, investigative reporters Judd Legum and Aaron Rupar documented here how Sinclair’s local stations were required to run the same news segment -- a . . .
Breaking news: Senator Joe Manchin announces he has left the Democratic Party
(I need to pay closer attention to the news -- I thought he did this years ago!)
From WV's senior senator:
My commitment to do everything I can to bring our country together has led me to register as an independent with no party affiliation. pic.twitter.com/tvMB2N87AW
— Senator Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) May 31, 2024
An interesting move given the previous speculation that had it that the Democratic . . .
Posted in: joe manchin
The justice system be damned: it’s about loyalty to our leader! (with Capito update)
The West Virginia Trump Party reacts to the Trump verdict
Treasurer and WV#2 candidate Riley Moore
Juries are good only when I agree with their decision:
This verdict is a disgrace. A sad day for our country.
— Riley Moore (@RileyMooreWV) May 30, 2024
But President Trump will emerge from this stronger and he WILL win in November.
Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate . . .
Intelligencer editorials (5/29/2024)
Please ignore that AP report we published last week; it’s still President Biden’s fault
Today’s lead editorial, “Standing Up for Domestic Energy,” questions the decision to release oil from the country’s oil reserves. As the first two paragraphs of the editorial describe it, this is President Biden’s fault:
President . . .
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Trump pledges to commute a convicted drug trafficker
And the silence from the WV Trump Party is matched by the silence from state’s media
Here is Donald Trump at the Libertarian Convention last weekend:
Trump: If you vote for me, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht pic.twitter.com/oAKgWsV40W
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 26, 2024
Who is Ross Ulbricht? Here is the story:
Two days after sharing the stage with a gang member out on bond for conspiracy to commit . . .
Catching-up on Riley Moore
The election and an important issue facing this nation
Moore “tromps” his opponents
That’s according to conservative media:
Riley Moore tromps opponents in heated West Virginia Republican House primary https://t.co/kNyflfUn8Z
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 15, 2024
But did he “tromp” his opponents?
I guess it depends upon your definition of “tromp.” Here are the . . .
Posted in: riley moore