I have to laugh at the Washington Post's slogan 'Democracy Dies in Darkness'. In fact, the Post keeps us in the dark regarding important matters we don't deserve to know about (like Amazon's secret memorandum of understanding with Arlington County and all the unwritten promises agreed to by the County and Amazon) while spending huge amounts of ink demonizing Republicans and Conservatives over the past 50 years.
It's gotten worse since Amazon bought the Post. For many years the Post maintained a Northern Virginia News Bureau and a Post Reporter almost always attended County Board meetings. No longer. Amazon raised the newsstand price and cut local coverage. Post reporters seldom cover newsworthy events in Arlington and Alexandria. Don't expect the Post will publish anything negative about Amazon.
Local news blogs and weekly newspapers aren't any better. Their publishers and editors are out for as much revenue as they can get from advertising and various kinds of infomercials. They aren't going to significantly oppose the status quo as determined by the 1% who control everything and own almost everything, including non-residents who make and facilitate the approval of 'growth for the sake of growth' done deals. Nor are they going to forego opportunities for exclusives with County VIPs.
The ArlNow news blog is the worst. ArlNow's publisher, editors, and reporters are out to makeover Arlington into Millennial County, helped by comments from various pro-urbanization 'revitalization through infill gentrification' boosters. Never mind the consequences from cramming 70,000 more residents into 15 square miles of Arlington over the next 25 years.
Ted 22205
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Post keeps us completely ignorant about immigration. Last year of the Obama Administration more than 1 million immigrants were granted permanent legal residency, more than 300,000 immigrants crossed a U.S. border illegally and will stay in the U.S. indefinitely, and more than 600,000 foreign visitors overstayed their visas.
Amazon doesn't own the Post.
Jeff Bezos owns the Post.
It's hard to take you seriously if you can't understand that there is a difference there.
I used to like ARLNOW then they started banning all the non pro far left liberal progressive comments while allowing toxic people like "Drax" to keep bashing those who dont follow the progressive ideology. I skim it from time to time, but it used to be a great forum to debate issues a few years ago.
No investigative journalism whatsoever from the Post except when it comes to Republicans and Conservatives. Same old Same old since when Richard Nixon was inaugurated President 50 years ago.
Bezos made the Post into a profit center for Amazon. Less news, in a more expensive paper. Post Metro Section is as pathetic as it's always been.
Scott Brodbeck is so afraid some advertiser, infomercial sponsor, or Arlington VIP will be offended by comments in ArlNow that he not only censors comments but routinely bans commentors who don't go along with the program.
ArlNow is little more than a booster for transforming Arlington into Millennial County.
Look at the idiotic comments on ArlNow when the subject of a news posting is serious and not trivial.
Local Media keep us ignorant about the 1% who mostly own and completely control the County wanting to cram 70,000 more residents into about 12 sq miles of the County over the next 25 years.
Local Media keep us ignorant about the number of the County's so-called "decision makers" who don't and wont't live in Arlington.
Like Victor Hoskins.
And the 70 million more who will be added to the U.S. population over the next 25 years.
Scott McCaffrey posted to his Sun Gazette blog today (January 4th) that the County Board will no longer hold a Q and A session with the Media between the morning and afternoon sessions of Saturday CB meetings because of lack of interest by the Media.
Time is long overdue for the local media to be held accountable for decades of 1-party rule inside the Beltway.
Local media are only concerned about ad revenue from boosting the same old same old.
Last few days ArlNow and Inside Nova have been publishing ACDC infomercials as "News".
What the Media won't tell us: Arlington is well on it's way to being an expensive gridlocked mess in only 5 (not 10 or 15) years.
See any incisive criticism of the Commonwealth - Arlington - Amazon deal in the Post? You won't.
Amazon doesn't own the Post, Jeff Bezos owns the Post.
ArlNow no longer promotes pub crawls and Bro n Ho Bars.
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