Academics at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy [Harvard University] analyzed coverage from Trump’s first 100 days in office across 10 major TV and print outlets. They found that the tone of some outlets was negative in as many as 98% of reports, significantly more hostile than the first 100 days of the three previous administrations: More…
Data Point – the mainstream media IS the opposition
Posted in GraniteGrok, Media Bias
Tagged Bias, Donald Trump, Media, Reporting, Skip Murphy
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Cool weather is extending season for New Hampshire’s state flower
In terms of the ongoing lilac display, “What is going on this spring is wonderful,” Giunta said, “and most people would say I’m crazy” to relish the unseasonably cool temperatures, “but the cooler the weather, the longer the (Lilac) blossoms last.” More…
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Man shot in confrontation with police in New Hampshire
NH Man Admits To Blowing Up LGBT News Box In Mass.
SALEM, MA — A Hollis, NH, man has admitted that he took part in a vandalism incident last summer that resulted in an alternative newspaper news box being blown up, according to a report in the Salem News in Massachusetts. More…
Posted in Around New England, Crime, Culture
Tagged Hollis, LGBT, Massachusetts, Milford, Salem
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Keeping you in the dark: Public school blackout
In Nashua, the public was told nothing when the principal and vice principal of Ledge Street Elementary were suddenly not in school, replaced by two assistant superintendents.
There, the school department initially did not even acknowledge that the two were gone. Then, after several days of no information, it was announced that the principal had suddenly “retired” and her vice principal had left “to pursue other opportunities.”
Why? Sorry, can’t say. Personnel matter. More…
*| Union Leader
Posted in Education, Local NH Politics, Right to Know Law, Union Leader
Tagged Ledge Street elementary, Nashua, Staff
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Climate Fraudster Michael Mann, Wrong Again
Two years ago, Michael Mann and Katherine Hayhoe predicted longer summers, shorter springs and heat for Colorado. They said Denver was among the top seven cities at risk from global warming. ..
We are forecast to get 5-8 inches of snow today (May 18), with a maximum temperature of 40 degrees. More…
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OPEC Keeps Focus on Shale Threat as Officials Meet in Vienna
OPEC officials gathering in Vienna on Friday to prepare for next week’s ministerial meeting kept their focus on rising U.S. shale oil production, which has been diluting the price impact of their production cuts. More…
Posted in Economy/Economics, Energy, International News
Tagged OPEC, Production Cuts, Shale Oil, US
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Hilarious Peer Reviewed Climate Hoax: “The conceptual penis as a social construct”
The Under-reported Success of the Trump Presidency
“…there are a lot of positive moves coming from Washington, and it’s important that we highlight them, since the media won’t. We have a gifted group in power, they are doing what is necessary to allow us to hold. As conservatives, it’s important to understand what their accomplishments are, how they are helping, and do what we can in support.” More…
Posted in International News, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Donald Trump, Success
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Swedish Workers Told To Have Sex On Their Own Time
The New York Times reports a 31-member town council on Monday voted down a local pol’s proposal to grant the municipality’s 550 workers “subsidized sex”—in other words, one hour of paid leave each workweek in which they could scurry home to get it on. More…
The New Media Militia 