A Substack news aggegator site — the Montana Independent News — has come to Carbon County, also providing some original local news, including an odd obsession with criticizing Red Lodge’s mayor…
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A recent headline proclaims, “Cogswell’s Administration Refuses to Answer Questions on Audit and How Leases are Managed,” although the article provides no evidence that the mayor is refusing to answer questions. There are other examples of not-quite “fair and unbiased” stories. The site also has a bee in their bonnet about a proposed local observatory. Between the Carbon County News and the Montana Independent News Carbon County is still in need of fair and unbiased reporting.
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Man-caused climate change is not just about a gradually warming planet or extreme weather events, it’s also about increasing health emergences for everyone…
From The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/16/from-cholera-to-kidney-disease-10-ways-the-climate-crisis-is-wrecking-peoples-lives-acc? mosquitoes, ticks, disease, illness, death
Medicare is better than nothing, though it still costs more than it should, but “privatized” Medicare is even worse, and Medicare “Advantage” plans threaten rural hospitals…
From fiercehealthcare.com: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/tiny-rural-hospitals-feel-pinch-medicare-advantage-plans-grow Beartooth Billings Clinic, many small, rural hospitals in Montana, greed, need single payer, stop profiteering
In a letter to the Carbon County News, the extremist Carbon County Republican Women group again hides political attacks and misinformation behind a thin veil of pseudo-Christianity, as so many MAGA-types do…
First there is the political attack on the current administration for its response to the challenges of the "Southern border,"...
When our local news aggregator site — the Montana Independent News — writes its own local news the articles tend to be biased and unprofessionally written, such as a recent pro-STR piece…
The Montana Independent New article let realtors repeat the nonsense that Red Lodge would suffer with restrictions on short-term rentals,...
Apologies to the anti-masker/anti-science crowd, but the Cochrane study they love was flawed and misinterpreted, and masks can help you stay healthier…
From Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-went-wrong-with-a-highly-publicized-covid-mask-analysis/ MAGA, Trump, narcissistic selfishness, unChristian to not to want to protect others