For the past few years, the issue of Russian interference in U.S. presidential elections — hacking into computers, stealing military secrets, etc. has been in the headlines, and (not surprisingly) the media, for the most part, have found various and sundry ways to blame it all on President Trump. News bulletin — the Russians (and […]
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Looking for a few good people
Given the current occupant of the White House and given the recent flurry of support for entertainer Oprah Winfrey to run for president in 2020, perhaps it is a good idea to look back to 1997 and the movie “The American President,” with Michael Douglas in the starring role. At the end of the movie, […]
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Has anything changed?
For more than 20 years, the debate about media bias — what the media choose to report and how they report it, leaning either left or right — has raged. The present relationship between President Donald Trump and the media, which can best be described as adversarial, is but the latest manifestation of that. From […]
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About that media bias …
With regard to the ongoing battle between the Trump administration and the press, it is interesting to note that at the first White House Press Association dinner of his administration on May 9, 2009, President Barack Obama was quoted as saying to the White House Press: “I’m Barack Obama. Many of you covered me and […]
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Nobody believed the polls
At the first White House Press Association dinner of his administration in February 2009, President Barack Obama stepped up to the dais and said (semi-humorously) — “I’m Barack Obama. Many of you know me and ALL of you voted for me” (emphasis mine). Judging from the press reaction to Tuesday’s election, not much has changed […]
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Not about homophobia
About Omar Mateen, the Muslim terrorist responsible for the slaughter in Orlando — the source of his hatred was radical Islam. He stated as much during the shooting and for months prior to the shooting. It was not about homophobia and gay marriage. Terence McManus, New Sharon
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Gov. Paul LePage not a racist
At a town meeting in Bridgton Jan. 6, Gov. Paul LePage described those who come to Maine to sell drugs as “guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty …. these types of guys. They come from Connecticut and New York, they come up here, they sell their heroin, they go back home. Incidentally, half the […]
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T. McManus: Interesting information revealed
A little more information, courtesy of Newsmax, about the Baltimore riots: • Freddie Gray had an arrest record. At the time of the incident, he had been arrested a total of 22 times in Maryland, primarily for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics. He was involved in five separate criminal court cases at the time […]