Posted on 05/28/2012 5:31:32 PM PDT by Kenika
Old timers in the area will recall when the DMN was once a reliably Conservative newspaper. When this was a competitive market, the old Dallas Times-Herald was a leftist organ publishing columns by Molly Ivins, Laura Miller and others of that evil persuasion. When Belo absorbed the DTH, they then started a journey to the left of the political spectrum. The one benefit of having a leftist paper in town is that the other one was able to provide a Conservative voice.
That said, in regions like the northeast and the left coast, the Dallas Morning News would likely be perceived as an extreme right newspaper. By the by, I do miss the feisty sports columnists of the old Herald though.
There has been significant coverage of local and area Memorial Day commemorations in the Finger Lakes Times (NY). Lots of color photos, too. There will be more coverage tomorrow of today’s events, and more still on Wednesday and Thursday, as Waterloo honors are fallen hero on May 30, Memorial Day’s traditional date.
We noticed, also, that the top story five nights straight on Syracuse TV news is the Watch Fire at the NYS Fair Grounds. It honors our soldiers and vets, and also respectfully destroys with honor old, worn out flags.
Gee, I never thought Hawaii would forget...
did you notice google’s page?
every other day they have some elaborate bullsh*t relating to some obscure piece of trivia... all of which is clickable and takes you to information on the topic
memorial day, a day we set aside to remember those that have made the ultimate sacrifice for family, G-d, and country... rates a simplistic, tiny flag obscured by a yellow ribbon.
additionally, it is not clickable.
bing, by comparison, has 3 flag prominently displayed and a click takes the user to a page on memorial day and it’s history.
adjust your user habits accordingly.
I live in Rockland County, NY, and the Journal News is totally a liberal rag. We get it because my wife wants the coups, so we get it delivered Thursday through Sunday.
The articles are bent so far left it’s crazy.
That being said, I must give them total props how they handle Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and West Point Graduation Day.
The D(a)MN has been slowly, ever so slowly, creeping back the other way. They’ve got a bunch of new blood in over there recently and they’re starting to displace the leftover Baby Boomer leftists - and they’ve noticed that leaning left isn’t selling papers.
Personally, I don’t want a newspaper to be conservative or liberal. I want them to report the facts fairly and hammer on anyone on either side of the political fence that needs hammering.
We no longer subscribe to our local newspaper, The Arizona Republic.
Lots of flags in our neighborhood though.
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