The Union Leader was slanted
During the speed limit debate, the Manchester Union Leader had at least one editorial that promoted the speed limit. It parroted many of the fear arguments which were well refuted in this forum. It was as if they just used the press releases that they were given by the speed-limit political action committee. I was insulted when the Union Leader did not print a "letter to the editor" that I wrote to refute their editorial.
I believe that much of the news is impacted by special interests - and there is little fact checking. The Karr (Benoit murder suspect) sensation that the news community inflicted us with last week is a good example of why we shouldn't be trusting journalists. It was front page news every day, yet it was pretty clear - very early - that it would end like it did. Faux news gets the ratings I guess.
Reasons to be afraid sell well too. I don't watch the Boston news stations so can't comment on their impact on the Mass attitude of Winni - but I am confident that the speed-limit proponents and their PAC money influenced the press, right before they took the faux poll that indicated people had been made afraid of boating on the lake. Their "education" of the public probably had some impact on the "dangerous lake" traffic. For that, I thank them.
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