Social media platforms are like a bar, where people exchange ideas, laugh, and lie. When a blowhard causes trouble, he gets bounced.
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‘Trust, but verify’ chronicles the era of misinformation
The Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s “Trust, but verify” exhibit examines the impact of misinformation on today’s media culture.
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Police and press clashes rise as ‘enemy of the people’ label seeps in
Four years of President Trump labeling journalists “the enemy of the people” has made it a lot easier for police to attack reporters.
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Morelle: begin Trump impeachment proceedings
[ UPDATED ]National media are reporting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to announce an impeachment inquiry later today. Rochester-area Representative Joe Morelle has joined the list of House Democrats calling an impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump. In a statement issued early this afternoon, Morelle referred to recent allegations that Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]
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Feedback 8/28
Send comments to feedback@rochester-citynews.com with your name, your daytime telephone number, and your city, town or village. We edit selections for publication, and we don’t publish comments sent to other media. School choice The title of the August 20 Urban Journal declares neighborhood schools to be “popular” (“Neighborhood Schools: Popular but Impossible?”). The conditions that […]
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Feedback 8/21
We welcome your comments. Send them to feedback@rochester-citynews.com with your name, your daytime telephone number for verification, and your city, town or village. Comments of fewer than 500 words have a greater chance of being published, and we do edit selections for publication in print. We don’t publish comments sent to other media. Immigrants in […]
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The fight over the RCSD
The Rochester City School District’s biggest problem isn’t who controls it. It’s the concentrated poverty so many of its children live in.
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Looking for America on the Fourth of July
Insisting on adherence to the law is one thing. Failing to provide humane treatment for desperate people is another.
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Trump, Mueller, and the country’s future
Trump and the Republicans’ attack on the country’s values continues. Impeachment seems futile. And Democrats risk losing in 2020.
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Feedback 4/3
We welcome your comments. Send them to feedback@rochester-citynews.com, with your name; city, town, or village; and daytime phone number for verification. We edit selections for publication, and we don’t publish comments sent to other media. The challenges of building affordable housing I read Tim Louis Macaluso’s article, “New Housing Fuels Hope and Fears” – about […]
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Mueller’s report, Trump, and the Democrats
Robert Mueller’s work is finished. What the Democrats do now will be as important as what the Republicans do.
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Picking a candidate to run against Trump
Deciding who to vote for won’t be easy. But we’d better do a better job during the selection process in 2020.
