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Bert Etling
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Editor, Ashland.news, Ashland, Oregon.
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#AshlandOregon's #murder #mystery queue lengthens
January 2, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Jack Smith’s introductory remarks begin at 9:00
January 1, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Pittsburgh City Paper closes
"We’re facing rising costs and less revenue, but also, misinformation, hostility towards media, a rough economy, and a loss of talent to more stable industries.”
#localnews
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Pittsburgh City Paper closes
Pittsburgh City Paper is closing after 34 years of operation. Employees at the alt-weekly Pittsburgh City Paper publication posted on social media that the news outlet was closing. Colin Williams, new...
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January 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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“The Democrats are trying to prosecute him for malice when they should be prosecuting him for malpractice.
“Trump gets away with it not because the voters want a dictator, but because they have stopped listening to the prosecutors.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o... via ⁦‪@nytopinion‬⁩
Opinion | Why Does Trump Get Away With It?
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December 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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All four naught

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December 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Wiley Non Sequitur www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/...
Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 28, 2025 | GoComics
Read Non Sequitur—a comic strip by creator Wiley Miller—for today, December 28, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
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December 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Let Your Threek Flag Fly

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December 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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I’m threeming of a white Christmas

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December 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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“The determination with which Mr. Colbert (aided by his fine writing staff) is currently parsing love and grief under the cover of off-the-headlines jokes and celebrity interviews has been breathtaking.” t.co/u9tujHV9ZP
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December 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Asante’s announcement that it plans to close the Asante Ashland Community Hospital birth center and inpatient surgery has sparked pushback, including an online petition to appeal the decision that’s gaining traction with more than 2,750 signatures. ashland.news/more-than-27...
More than 2,750 have signed petition to appeal closure of Asante Ashland Community Hospital - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
Asante’s announcement that it plans to close the Asante Ashland Community Hospital birth center and inpatient surgery in May 2026 has sparked pushback in a number of ways, including an online petition...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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O Christmas three

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December 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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“He has never had the support of a majority of Americans, not in any of his three presidential elections and not for a single day of either term in Gallup surveys.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level
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December 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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four play

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December 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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In rapid sixcession

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December 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Air Fourdens

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December 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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"As the information landscape grows more complex, so does our responsibility to help people navigate it. Strengthening media literacy isn’t just an educational goal. It’s a democratic imperative." —@jboren4507
#journalism #news #LocalNews
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From Monterey Bay, journalists renewed their commitment to media literacy and the defense of truth
The gathering underscored a shared resolve to counter misinformation with stronger tools, clearer standards, and renewed public engagement.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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"The loss of local news relates to so many other problems plaguing the US: Polarization, radicalization, loneliness, lack of trust in everyone and everything."
-@brianstelter

#localnews #journalism

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The loss of local news relates to so many other problems plaguing the US: Polarization, radicalization, loneliness, lack of trust in everyone and everything.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Looking fourward to it

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December 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Hey, I'm on the radio! Or was, this morning on KSKQ, Ashland, Oregon.
#localnews #nonprofitnews

We The People 202512100900 - Bert Etling, Ashland.news : Jason Houk : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive archive.org/details/we-t... via @internetarchive
Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
Ashland.news - Independent, nonprofit, community-based news informing our local residents in current events and local stories.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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It's got overfive, just won't stall

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December 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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A baseball catcher's youth league story might just be the ticket to rescuing local journalism

"The truth is, we already know the solution: cover the hell out of your community."

#localnews

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December 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Our fathers brought fourth on this continent a new nation

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December 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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It’ll come two me

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December 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Vote four Pedro

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December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM