A big story on an important topic:
Whidbey News-Times: Whidbey struggles with confronting opioid use
Aug 22nd, 2017 2:23pm
Whidbey News-Times: Opinion: Vigilantism isn’t the solution to opioid abuse problem
Tue Aug 22nd, 2017 2:30pm
South Whidbey Record: Whidbey’s war on drugs
Wed Aug 23rd, 2017 6:00am
As of 6:00am on Thursday, Aug 24th- these three articles display a total of zero comments. Neither paper shows these articles on their Facebook news feed.
Whidbey News-Times has not posted on Twitter since
Later in the day- Aug 24th, 2017
South Whidbey Record asks in their Facebook news feed:
“What do you think about vigilantism and its popular new weapon, public shaming?”
No thanks on this contained choice.
I’ve had comments blocked/deleted/censored in the past by Whidbey papers.
My comments contained no hate speech, insults, threats, foul language, attacks on other commenters, etc.
Wonder how many other comments were deleted? Some details here.
Love to see local papers encourage more discussion on important topics.
Love to see more in the way of newspeople asking questions and doing investigative stories.
More here:
Lazy Newspeople and the Opioid Crisis
Lazy Newspeople and the Drug War
Whidbey Homeland Security Grant Money- Newspeople Remain Silent
Coast Guard comes home to Heroin at Port Angeles
Operation Macho Swagger & Port Angeles Heroin
Puget Sound Coastal Patrol Boats
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Veterans Against the Glorification of Military Service
High levels of reverence for the flag?
Meanwhile, Heroin-Trafficking Cartels Move Product into Washington State
Newspeople will not question the US Border Patrol at Port Angeles?
Our free and independent press has stopped asking questions.
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