Despite the date, the largest article in yesterday’s/today’s Wheeling News-Register was not about 9/11
No, it was a totally uncritical look at those who don’t believe in masks
Here’s how local reporter Eric Ayres began his front-page article on the anti-maskers in Marshall County:
Scores of parents gathered in Moundsville on Friday night in the wake of the Marshall County Board of Education’s decision to require mask-wearing in school starting Monday — and none of them seemed to be happy about the new . . .
Misspellings? Sentences and articles cutoff in mid-sentence? Articles and columns repeated? Sorry, readers, but the Wheeling Intelligencer can no longer afford an editor to keep these mistakes from happening
Yes, but the paper still employs an editor whose job it is to alter Associated Press articles so that there will be minimal criticism of West Virginia Republicans
First reference to a news source
How should a news source be referenced? Should we use his/her full name or just the last name? What about their credentials? To answer these and similar questions, most major news sources use a stylebook – a reference work that standardizes how news is written. The Associated Press Stylebook requires . . .
Breaking: Representative Jim Jordan to speak at the West Virginia Trump Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner
In other news: Earlier today, casket in Springfield, Illinois began uncontrollably spinning
Here is the announcement:
The WV Republican Party invites you to the 2021 Lincoln Dinner with Congressman Jim Jordan as speaker. Tickets can be acquired at this link: https://t.co/Yq3d4JSnnK pic.twitter.com/D22WhHf8MX
— Putnam Republican Club (@PutnamWVGOP) September 9, 2021
Isn't Representative Jordan concerned about . . .
Which city has more Confederate statues? Richmond, Virginia or Charleston, West Virginia
Is it the former capital of the Confederacy or the current capital of the state that broke away from Virginia?
Yes, it's a trick question.
From the New York Times, earlier today:
After more than a year of legal wrangling, one of the nation’s largest Confederate monuments — a soaring statue of Robert E. Lee, the South’s Civil War general — was hoisted off its pedestal in downtown Richmond, Va., on Wednesday morning. . . .
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What will our former president be doing on 9/11?
Inquiring minds want to know
I originally thought this was a joke. But it isn’t. From USA Today:
Former President Donald Trump will provide live commentary when Evander Holyfield makes his return to the boxing ring Saturday in Florida, according to FITE, the digital video streaming service that will carry the pay-per-view event.
The . . .
Posted in: donald trumpwv gop
The Texas anti-abortion law, the United States Supreme Court, and Senator Shelley Moore Capito
By now, you’ve probably read or heard about the new Texas anti-abortion law which will significantly curtail abortion rights in that state:
Last night, the Supreme Court officially overturned five decades of settled law and permitted Texas' unconstitutional abortion ban to stand.
Yes: They gutted Roe v. Wade without hearing arguments, in . . .
Republicans (and their news outlets) on Afghanistan, a woman’s right to choose, and masks
Yes, it's the usual Republican lack of self-disclosure and hypocrisy
The Wheeling Intelligencer
Wednesday's predictable editorial
Here's the editorial:
President’s Speech Emboldens Enemies
There’s no mention in the editorial of what the United States has gained from twenty years of war in Afghanistan – the editorial is only about blaming President Biden.
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