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Posts from the ‘Dissecting the Local News’ Category

0February 15, 2024MLive article on DeVos family property donation completely omits the real motives of the most powerful family in West Michigan

1February 13, 2024City of Grand Rapids justifies the trauma inflicted in Honestie Hodges case, while news media fail to provided any analysis of the GRPD’s Youth Interactions policy

5February 11, 2024Power Dynamics, community engagement and the Grand Action Soccer Stadium proposal

0February 6, 2024How well did the local news media report on the highly organized campaign to improve education at the Grand Rapids Public Schools Board meeting?

1February 1, 2024Company that supplies Tesla is using $20 million in public funds to mine nickel in Michigan’s UP

0December 12, 2023News coverage of new downtown benches omits important information, critique of hostile architecture

1December 11, 2023Henry Kissinger was not a war criminal, says the Acton Institute, and other far right claims

1November 19, 2023WOODTV8 story on the BringThemHomeNow event in Grand Rapids was rife with misinformation and omissions

2November 2, 2023Instead of celebrating those with power and influence, we need to challenge their power and influence: Another list of mostly rich white people

1October 18, 2023Grand Rapids-based news coverage of Ryan Kelley’s sentencing was a missed opportunity to speak to the former candidate’s larger political history on the Far Right