Tag: Editorial

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Policies: GOP vrs Democrats

By:  Diane Benjamin Why was the Obama economy awful while the Trump economy is booming? Policies! https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/central-illinois-voices-bloomington-needs-to-rethink-business-policies/article_fa5618aa-7657-5325-aa20-1852b3a34f3c.html I don’t know why the Pantagraph allows Justin Boyd to write editorials, but today I am glad they did. Justin thinks starting a business in Bloomington is really hard because of all the paperwork the City requires.  So […]

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Justin Boyd – Too funny not to comment

By:  Diane Benjamin Recently the Pantagraph put out a call for people to write editorials for them.  Evidently Justin Boyd answered the call, this was published on August 12th:  Bloomington Needs To Rethink Its Future Who is Justin Boyd? Downtown business owner Tari’s One Voice travel buddy:  https://blnnews.com/2019/03/21/bloomington-travels-one-voice/ Justin helped get signatures for Julie Emig  […]

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Pantagraph and Social media

By: Diane Benjamin Yesterday the Pantagraph printed an editorial called: Commentary: Social media is hurting America, and 2019 is the year we need to do something about it It was supposedly from the Dallas Morning News with no names attached.  Read it here if you missed it:    https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/commentary-social-media-is-hurting-america-and-is-the-year/article_10a43651-9261-5463-8009-d67ea18be67c.html Yes, they claim social media is hurting […]

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“Yes” shows trust in Council

By:  Diane Benjamin Editorial in the Pantagraph March 3, 2004:  (available at the library) Does anybody trust the Council?  Poll below↓ . . . .  

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Pantagraph Editorial

By:  Diane Benjamin Anonymous Editorial writer published one today against Tari Renner:   http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-mayor-needs-to-change-his-ways-and-fast/article_5de7dedd-4ac6-5590-8ebe-f5c1c1f95d2b.html You can decide for yourself why they wrote it. Even though a comment by Bruce Meeks stating he had never sued the City was published in THEIR paper, the writer allowed Renner to claim yet again Bruce has been suing for 5 […]

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UPDATE: Pantagraph: Facts Matter

The on-line version has been corrected.  How are they going to correct all those printed copies?  Are there enough to worry about? ______________________________________________ By:  Diane Benjamin If anyone was expecting a hard-hitting editorial by the anonymous writers at the Pantagraph against Tari Renner for once again inflaming the local acrimony Monday night,  you will be […]

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Pantagraph LIES!

By: Diane Benjamin Today an editorial writer is attempting to rewrite the history of Japan, Tari Renner, Margot Erhlich, and PCards. I have the minutes of the Sister Cities Committee.  Margot is NEVER listed  as a member or attending a meeting!  The editorial claims she is a member and everybody should ignore the law! If […]

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How do we get a real newspaper?

By:  Diane Benjamin Today’s story:  Chamber of Commerce declares “There Are Jobs Out There”. Sure.  Fast food, retail, and jobs with 10 years experience required doing things nobody has every heard of. The average family income isn’t dropping because opportunities abound!  http://blnnews.com/2016/03/14/bloomington-what-citizens-need-to-know/ McLean County – Median household income 2014: $60,460 2000: $67,873 Percent change: -11% […]

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Pantagraph: What a waste

By:  Diane Benjamin I planned to do this story yesterday, but then the Matt Sorensen story sidetracked me all day.  My readers are GREAT at giving me tips – this was one of them.  The Pantagraph read is on my site, it still took them an hour to do a story. Yesterday, the paper devoted […]

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Scratch your head and wonder if . . .

By:  Diane Benjamin For the last couple of months the anonymous editorial writers at the Pantagraph have occasionally written the truth.  They must have somebody new writing a few editorials because they actually contain some common sense. I thought there might be a little hope for local media, but today the old guy must be […]

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BAM! Pantagraph bias revealed

By:  Diane Benjamin The bird-cage liner makes crystal clear today why NOBODY should ever read the rag again.  Not only did they leave out Jim Karch’s statements concerning how much it will cost to fix the roads, some nameless person editorialized about Gov. Rauner’s “private meetings”. Gee, guys.  Last night Mayor (not so) Transparency got […]

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Dear Pantagraph,

Shocked!  I am shocked at your editorial.  I am shocked that it mostly covers the issues and covers them fairly!  When you disabled the comments to your Renner stories, I assumed you had folded.  I see some of them are now back, but not to the original story. I can only take issue with one […]

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What the Pantagraph said in 2004

by:  Diane Benjamin I found this while looking for something else.  Before the Coliseum opened, an editorial in the Pantagraph questioned why Coliseum management wasn’t put out for bid.  They even called the Council action “a bad practice”.  I’ve called for cancelling the current contract and putting it out for bid.   CIAM has been […]

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Pantagraph Editorial misses the obvious

by:  Diane Benjamin On April 30th the Pantagraph posted an editorial:  Taxpayer needs should outweigh political wishes. For a minute I thought the Pantagraph was actually going to tell the truth on a City issue!  Silly me. The entire editorial was about the State of Illinois and  Mike Madigan.  It had little to do with […]