Defending Capito
It's easy when you ignore today's early morning vote on health care
In Friday afternoon's editorial*, "Capito Position Remains Solid," the Wheeling News-Register acts as if today's health care vote didn't happen. Instead of explaining Capito's vote early this morning for the latest version of Trumpcare (see next post down), the editorial focuses on previous Republican proposals and . . .
Coming clean on "clean coal"
Into denial, it's something Wheeling "newspapers" refuse to do
Yesterday's editorial in the News-Register, "Get Coal Back In Energy Mix," begins by praising President Trump for his efforts to wipe-out Obama's actions on the environment:
He is working energetically to win half the battle on that. He is rolling back illogical Obama-administration rules that were intended to . . .
Health care and hyperbole revisited
11. Overall, for every ~300 to 800 adults who get coverage, rigorous studies suggest we save one life per year.
— Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) June 21, 2017
Can't we all just get along (by not criticizing Trump)?
I previously wrote about Monday's News-Register editorial, "Think About How Words Are Heard," . . .
The News-Register attacks Betsy DeVos
Despite having no experience in education, Betsy DeVos became Secretary of Education earlier this year by the narrowest of margins -- a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Pence. Until today, our local "newspapers" have published nothing but kind words about her. If you do a search on their website it yields at least a half-dozen . . .
The locals cover Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement
"Forget it, Jake. It's a Wheeling newspaper."
Covering the news
Editing out justification for the agreement
Last Thursday, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement. On Friday morning, the Wheeling Intelligencer's coverage edited the Associated Press' report and removed the AP's explanation for why we had joined the Paris . . .
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Reading the Sunday opinion section
Myer on health care
Mike Myer asks us "Is Health Care A Bargain?" In a meandering column (root canals, anyone?) with undocumented statistics and no acknowledgement that the U.S. pays twice as much for health care as most advanced nations with single payer/socialized health care with much worse results, he finally gets to . . .
Documenting the locals' anti-Clinton agenda 21
Two separate editorials -- I think they really miss her
If you read this blog last year, you recognize the title on this post. For new readers, last year our local "newspapers" attacked the Democratic candidate for president on an almost daily basis and I created this blog category to keep track of some of their more atrocious attacks. Why are they returning to Hillary? While I'm not . . .
Posted in: anti-clinton biashillary clintonwheeling intelligencer editorialwheeling news-register editorialworst editorial of the year award
