JEFFERSON, OHIO — The banner headline in the Ashtabula Star Beacon the day after the President’s annual State of the Union Address was pretty straight forward. “Trump: End investigations; President calls for rejection of resistance politics in Washington.”There were other critically important stories on that front page.
One piece announced a new police chief for a local village.
Another noted the closing of an iconic grocery store known for selling milk, eggs, and ammunition in its heyday.
There was also a photo of the local high school boys’ basketball team.
The story on President Trump’s speech was an Associated Press story penned by Washington-based reporters: It took nine paragraphs before one positive nugget from the speech was mentioned in the story.
...It painted a dark and foreboding picture of the risks posed to Americans by illegal immigration.
I suspect had a local reporter from Ashtabula County traveled to Washington to report the story, the viewpoint of the story, not the facts, would be different.
...Local reporters for the majority of the remaining small and medium newspapers don’t attend these types of speeches anymore..."
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