Daily Mail opinion Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Love him or hate him, there’s no denying Christopher Columbus was a significant figure in world history. His reputation may have taken a beating in recent years, but federal workers still get a paid day off work in his honor. Take the[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
GOpac endorsements for West Virginia Legislative candidates
GOpac Endorses the following Legislative Candidates in November 6, 2018 General Election CHARLESTON, W.Va. ─ GOpac, the Gas and Oil Political Action Committee of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia (IOGAWV) has endorsed 64 candidates for legislative races in the upcoming West Virginia 2018 General Election on[Read More…]
ENDORSEMENT: W.Va. Directors of Senior and Community Services “Senior Power” PAC announce 2018 General Election candidate endorsements
Release from the West Virginia Directors of Senior and Community Services Senior Power PAC: CHARLESTON, W.Va. The West Virginia Directors of Senior and Community Services Senior Power Political Action Committee announced its candidate endorsements for the 2018 general election today. The West Virginia Directors of Senior and Community Services is the association[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Labor Day: Celebrate workers and be safe
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel editorial Each year, the Labor Day holiday weekend signifies the end of summer, the first break in a young school year, the return of college football … it is another holiday that often includes a lot of good food and a chance to spend a[Read More…]
Editorial: The DA’s response to Gee’s recent comment about newspapers
The Daily Athenaeum editorial As the president of West Virginia’s flagship university, E. Gordon Gee’s words hold power. On Monday, those words discredited the free press, a press that WVU has helped produce. Generations of great journalists have gone through WVU and its independent student news source, the Daily Athenaeum.[Read More…]
Daily Mail editorial: A free and independent press is sacred to America
Charleston Gazette-Mail President Donald Trump is no fan of the news media. Or at least of many of the nation’s most long-respected and widely read and watched news organizations. “So funny to watch the Fake News, especially NBC and CNN,” the president tweeted in June of this year, claiming that[Read More…]
Gazette editorial: Fake news? Usually true
Charleston Gazette-Mail In recent days, West Virginians have gotten an up-close look at how Gov. Jim Justice handles news he doesn’t like. The short answer is, not well. Justice accuses the news media, some more than others, of not being “positive” enough, while he calls a story “negative” if it[Read More…]
Editorial: Attacks on media undercut vital role of the press
The Herald-Dispatch During his campaign for the presidency and his tenure in office, Donald Trump has routinely portrayed the press as disseminating “fake news” and as an “enemy of the American people.” Handy catchphrases, the type he has regularly deployed on his way to vanquishing his political opponents and to[Read More…]
Editorial: ‘Fake News’: Trump’s attacks on journalism are harmful
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Donald Trump began very early in his presidency to hit the accelerator on use of the term “fake news” in what, at the time, seemed a battle with major national media outlets. He has not let up; and the ripple effects go far beyond the[Read More…]
Editorial: ‘Fake news’ label incorrect
The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register It was less than a month into his term when President Donald Trump ramped up his “fake news” battle with several big national media outlets, referring to them at that time as the “enemy of the people.” The rhetoric continues 18 months later as the[Read More…]
