by Will Bunch Early in the morning on April 4, Eric Boehlert — a veteran and unrelenting critic of the American news media — hit the button to publish the latest installment of his popular newsletter, Press Run. The piece — headlined “Why is the press rooting against Biden?” ...
Newspaper critical of Trump but not Biden I read with interest the editorial “Russia wages war on more than Ukraine” (DP-02-26-22) and the obvious lies put forth by the Russians, including their use of Facebook, Twitter and the media to flood the United States with misinformation about ...
by Steven Waldman The Senate is now deciding the fate of local news. As part of the Build Back Better Act, the Senate is in the next few days considering an important proposal: providing a payroll tax credit to local news organizations to retain or hire local journalists. Why? ...
by Brian J. Allfrey I am not sure what I expected our country to look like in 2021, but I certainly did not expect it to be so fractured and so bogged down in hate. My oldest son was a year old on Sept. 11, 2001. The wave of patriotism following that day gave me hope for the America ...
by Lucero Cantu While it is nonsensical to try to prescribe a diagnosis to America’s current state of civic discourse — from dumping manure on the White House lawn in the name of climate action to attending the Met Gala to demand we “tax the rich” — we often blame partisan ...
Oct. 3 to Oct. 9 marks National Newspaper Week. Of the many obscure awareness days, this one is near and dear to our hearts, for obvious reasons. Every day — seven days a week, including holidays — we work to bring you local, community-oriented news. The key word there is ...