A motivator for this post is frequent comments I receive that the paper has a left leaning agenda. Years ago they certainly did have agendas. Back in Allentown's golden era, the Park & Shop Livingston Club days, the publisher was a local king maker. Even up to 2005, they made local election endorsements on the editorial page.
Because of how news and information is now conveyed, the traditional newspaper industry has downsized to survive. I've subscribed to the Morning Call for over fifty years. Most of the articles I currently read are written by only two reporters, Lindsay Weber and Nick Evans.Years ago, their assignments went to four different reporters.
We're lucky we still have a paper, that's more than many other cities can say. The Morning Call is part of Tribune Publishing, now owned by Alden Global Capital. While they may influence which national articles appear, they certainly don't edit the local news.
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If anyone looks to the Morning Call for straight, accurate World, Federal, or State reporting of political happenings and people, they frequently get pure Liberal PROPAGANDA. They are being served distortions, half-truths, and slanted opinions curated by paid political operatives.
ReplyDeleteTo further confuse readers, the Morning Call’s handlers simply refuse to mention events and decisions that skew even slightly different from the rigid, sometimes anti-American mindset of that newsgroup’s owners.
It is essential to gain one’s knowledge about what’s really going on in their world by looking at alternate sources outside the garbage found on the pages of the Morning Call. Many more independent and trustworthy sources can be found with an internet search. Besides, one can benefit from those sources free of charge!
Ridiculous. They aren’t organized enough to carry out such a conspiracy.
Deleteanon@7:53: When this baby boomer grew up, there was one paper and three TV networks. Now with the net, there is unlimited news of every possible flavor. I think that people gravitate to those "channels" that reflect their own predisposition, and label the others as propaganda. Having a president who talks about "fake news" and calls reporters "stupid" doesn't help the situation..
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