Connecticut’s television stations seem to prohibit their reporters from asking critical questions even amid brazen provocations. Connecticut Democrats get hysterical as Trump proclaims the obvious Euphemism can’t erase doubts about sex changes for minors Who will notice prison audit? And Bronin has a health issue too Nothing else well explains how a TV news reporterContinue reading “Why can’t journalism pose key immigration questions?”
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Waterbury child-abuse case imperiled by local TV news
By Chris Powell While local television news in Connecticut is usually trivial and patronizing, it isn’t always harmless. In recent days it has been creating a great danger with its coverage of the case of the 32-year-old man alleged to have been held prisoner since boyhood by his stepmother at their home in Waterbury. Connecticut’sContinue reading “Waterbury child-abuse case imperiled by local TV news”
A Connecticut fairy tale; and hiding juvenile crime
By Chris Powell While few people were looking, and while most who were were too deceitful to explain or afraid to speak out, the General Assembly passed and Governor Lamont signed a law requiring public schools to distribute free feminine hygiene products in at least one male restroom. In anticipation of the law’s date ofContinue reading “A Connecticut fairy tale; and hiding juvenile crime”
Weather hysteria of TV news doesn’t keep Connecticut safe
By Chris Powell Even on a warm, sunny summer day local television newscasts in Connecticut are usually trivial. But when winter comes and there is any chance of a few inches of snow, TV newscasts are liberated from all pretension to meaning, and they crown their triviality with redundancy. As they did last week, forContinue reading “Weather hysteria of TV news doesn’t keep Connecticut safe”
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