By Karen Rowell
I am so tired of 95% of our Vermont so-called press engaging in voter suppression, by never articulating a conservative argument and only repeating the false narratives the Progressives and Democrats put out. One-sided “journalism.”
Thank God for Vermont Daily Chronicle and True North Reports and [WVMT’s] The Morning Drive. The rest of our press is biased, and operates as the left arm of the Democrat/Progressive party.
Christina Guessferd [WCAX] billed her Prop 5 report as “what voters need to know” – only to interview an abortionist. No opposition at all, some of the worst reporting I’ve ever seen. No journalistic standards whatsoever.
Nothing new for our VT press.
Channel Five interviews two yes votes and one “no” and does not get across that this bill is intentionally worded so vaguely that it can apply to almost anything. The St. Albans Messenger just got called out for doing the same thing, engaging in voter suppression on the Prop 5 ballot question. They only reported on the “vote yes” side with no articulate argument on the “vote no” side.
The language of this bill is so vague it could mean anything and it should be illegal to put forth such a ballot question so that our ignorant Vermont press can sell it any way they want to sell it. This is so pathetic and yet here we are with a completely uninformed, emotionally excited population who have no idea what they are actually voting for.
Just so you know – what the press is supposed to do, is equally show both sides of an issue/candidates (even Republican candidates who are never given a fair chance) and let the viewers/readers/public decide. You should not be deciding ballot issues or picking candidates and manipulating the information to get the public to vote the way you want them to vote.
This is what the impacts of Prop 5 are – but no one knows because of your ignorance on the issue – which I believe to be intentional. I believe you are hiding this from the electorate. It is very apparent that, with the exception of readers and listeners of VT Daily Chronicle, True North Reports and The Morning Drive, Vermonters have no idea how bad Prop 5 is as a direct result of your negligence. You are engaging in voter suppression and now here we are with a population that is emotionally excited and uninformed and, once more, in Vermont we are losing the power of the people to the power of the State. Progressive and Democrat goals completed with the help of the left arm – the irresponsible Vermont press.
Prop 5 is not about securing the rights of any citizen. It is about giving your rights to the state. Take it for what it says, not for what the proponents say it says.
The author is a Burlington resident. This letter was sent directly to most Vermont news media outlets, including those mentioned above.