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themaguffin

(3,826 posts) Sun Nov 1, 2020, 02:07 PM Nov 2020

Please note that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has been destroyed by its out of state owners

They used to have a good, local editorial board. That changed a few years ago and their Toledo owner has forced right wing bullshit.

You may recall they had published a racist editorial that made national headlines.

This is why:

[link:https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/burris-block-racism-editorial.php|

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Please note that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has been destroyed by its out of state owners (Original Post) themaguffin Nov 2020 OP

When Richard Mellon Scaife bought the Tribune Review and every local newspaper in the area... Freedomofspeech Nov 2020 #1

Freedomofspeech

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1. When Richard Mellon Scaife bought the Tribune Review and every local newspaper in the area...

Reply to themaguffin (Original post)

Sun Nov 1, 2020, 02:23 PM

Nov 2020

The Post Gazette was a very liberal paper and our only solice. Now it is nothing but a right wing rag.

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