Republican Deathmatch 4 (A recurring series that chronicles WV's Republican senatorial primary)*
Yesterday, Roll Call published the results of a senatorial poll of 500 Republican voters.
West Virginia Rep. Evan Jenkins led the primary field for the Republican nomination for Senate in an automated poll conducted earlier this month for his campaign.
Jenkins was ahead of his closest opponent, state Attorney General Patrick . . .
Same as it ever was: missing information, no context, and it’s all the Democrats fault
Yes, it’s another Intelligencer editorial
The headline on this morning’s Wheeling Intelligencer editorial tells us:
Trump Clearly On ‘Dreamers’ Side
Really? How did the editorial conclude this?
He already has offered a measure that would allow 1.8 million of the dreamers and members of their immediate families to stay in the United States.
. . .
Weirton Medical Center suspends Ogden advertising to protest McCutcheon trade
From Adam Bittner in yesterday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Weirton Medical Center, based in West Virginia, announced Thursday that it is pulling advertising from three publications owned by Ogden Newspapers over “the failure of the Pirates to craft a deal to keep Andrew McCutchen a Pirate.” Nutting is Ogden’s CEO.
“We are . . .
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The death of a newspaper 1
Documenting the Gazette-Mail's move from newspaper to "newspaper"
There’s a lot to be said about the Charleston Gazette-Mail becoming another Ogden Republican, rightwing rag and since the process is just beginning, I’m sure that I’ll get numerous opportunities to comment in the upcoming weeks.
The cheering from those who stand the most to gain from the demise of the state’s most important . . .
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Oh the irony: Trump uses a phrase borrowed from Hillary Clinton and the Intelligencer headlines it
The largest headline in this morning’s Wheeling Intelligencer proclaims
Trump Calls for a ‘New American Moment’
The first paragraph from the Associated Press story explains the context:
Addressing a deeply divided nation, President Donald Trump called for a “new American moment” of unity Tuesday . . .
Wheeling Intelligencer readers: you may think that you read an unbiased Associated Press assessment of Trump’s first year in office earlier today.
You didn’t. You read a highly-edited AP report that kept the positives while dropping most of the negatives.
Last night, the Associated Press assessed the Trump presidency on a wide range of topics as the president gets ready to deliver his first State of the Union address tonight. Unfortunately for local readers, the Intelligencer edited out much that was neutral or negative while keeping most of what was positive. (36% of the original article was . . .
Charleston Gazette-Mail to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Ogden Newspapers likely to become the new owner
From the Charleston Gazette-Mail late this afternoon:
The owners of the Charleston Gazette-Mail agreed Monday to take the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Wheeling Newspapers is currently the high bidder to assume ownership of the company.
The company, operated by the Nutting family, owns more than 40 daily newspapers . . .
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