Voting is highly emphasized in American culture. Asking questions related to public policy takes a lower priority.
Local stories where newspeople seem to refrain from asking questions:
Another month with an R
Background: Oak Harbor – State Of The Art Sewage Treatment Plant
How long has Oak Harbor been an unsafe location for recreational shellfish harvesting?
US Border Patrol, Port Angeles, WA
Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance?
An upgrade in staff requiring a new, $11.9 million, 50 agent facility. Secret arrest statistics, denied FOIA requests, heroin in the community, no cross-border USBP arrest in more than 8 years, fraudulent overtime claims, 1,200-horsepower interceptor boats and zero questions from the press.
Has Port Angeles CBP been able to intercept any inbound meth or heroin?
Even one time?
Newspeople remain silent.
Background: Port Angeles Heroin – Newspeople Remain Silent
Whidbey Island
2014-
Island county to purchase new patrol boat to help with Puget Sound security:
Federal grant money goes to “…gain a better grasp on cross border activity and to prevent illegal crossings.”
“Funding for the boat was issued through the Homeland Security Grant Program under Operation Stonegarden.”
Has there been any post 911 history of maritime “cross-border activity” on Whidbey Island?
Has the Island County Homeland Security-funded patrol boat been involved in any arrest or seizure related in any way to the US/Canada border?
Background: Whidbey Homeland Security Grant Money- Newspeople Remain Silent
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
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