Comments on: Local Media Today Is The Government

By: Frank Wang

Frank Wang — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:56:56 +0000

What would you say is the main factor behind the lack of quality on police press?

EDITOR NOTE–Not sure of your question, but the issue of having the coppers control the selection and presentation of the content is bothersome.

By: Yossarian_22

Yossarian_22 — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 21:33:44 +0000

Congrats Mr. Guardian on applying your basic skills of critical thinking to the carjacking story that does smell like rotten eggs. Where are the sourced points of fact for that whopper? We are just supposed to buy it because why? What does “running down the car” mean? It stretched credulity.

That is why we ALL have to apply basic critical thinking to all “news.”

By: MSM SUCKS

MSM SUCKS — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 22:44:13 +0000

The MSM (Mainstream Media) which includes all the (fake) news on TV and newspapers is owned by 5 interrelated corporations. America’s “free press” has migrated to the internet, and is buried, hard to find, and derided by the MSM as being a bunch of wacko conspiracy theorists.

The MSM effectively controls the minds of those who watch TV or read newspapers, and determines the outcomes of almost every election. Saying it is important to vote is just crazy talk. People vote for who the rich folks tell them to vote for, dismissing any good candidates as being “perennial”, “fringe” or “unelectable”.

The MSM distracts with “news” about fires, explosions, car crashes, robberies, and such while the real criminals (bankers, politicians, MSM, and Oligarchs) are on a crime spree of unimaginable proportions.

The MSM feeds you endless fear and opinions, while facts are relegated to the shadowy corners of the internet. Now, Net Neutrality has been ended, so expect the real news sites to be increasingly strangled as the MSM becomes ever more prominent.

Sites like the Guardian are going to be under attack as they don’t prop up the narrative that everything is rosy and wonderful in Consumer Utopia America. Support these sites or they will vanish.

By: Gernard

Gernard — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 18:50:44 +0000

What-do-ya-know? I just called the IPT, and sure enough: They are indeed delivering throughout all of Boise. I went ahead and subscribed. Amazing deal. Ten bucks a month for the first year…Delivered!

By: western guy

western guy — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:03:37 +0000

RE: Gernard saying that Curtis Road is the Idaho Press’ cutoff for home distribution, I read in that newspaper that all of Ada County is their distribution area. Possibly htey are expanding in stages?

By: Chickenhawk

Chickenhawk — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:32:40 +0000

Perhaps we could see the Adams company making some bids to buy the Statesman from McClatchy soon? Like they used to say in the old McDonald’s commercials, “hey it could happen!”

By: Kent Goldthorpe

Kent Goldthorpe — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 03:06:01 +0000

My congratulations to Betsy.

By: Gernard

Gernard — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 02:31:24 +0000

The Idaho Press Tribune is indeed a still viable source for a daily. Their Sports section is excellent. Sadly, they have Curtis Rd. as the cut off point for subscriptions. I so wish they could expand their profile, Ada County commitment, and thereby expand their boundaries.

By: western guy

western guy — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 15:38:40 +0000

Regarding ‘I know some good papers’: The Oregonian prints 4 days a week, online the remainder. Seattle PI used to be a great paper; now mediocre.

The Statesman will follow the Oregonian in less than a year, I predict. They will use the ‘it’s too far from Twin Falls’ excuse to stop offering a print copy every day of the week.

Idaho Press is going to rock this valley!

By: Bieter Begone

Bieter Begone — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 13:02:23 +0000

It’s great the Idaho Press Tribune is moving into Boise/Ada county to actually report local news. Unfortunately it means the same deranged cranky nuts that post Facebook comments on the Statesman “stories” are migrating there as well.