Bill Horner III
@bhorner3.bsky.social
N.C. journalist, former publisher & editor (Sanford Herald, Chatham News + Record), reader, traveler, e-cyclist, Jayhawk, word collector. PopPop to Char & Henry. Projects: collaborating on memoir; writing about rural N.C.; N.C. Local News Workshop.
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
‘Kismet’ brought Molly Griggs to Fayetteville. Acting talent is taking her everywhere else. Here's my profile of Molly for CityView. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/moll...
'The Residence' star Molly Griggs launched her career in Fayetteville
With roles in 'John Proctor Is The Villain', 'The Residence' on Netflix, Cape Fear Regional Theatre alum Molly Griggs is having a watershed year, adding Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to her credit...
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October 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
‘Kismet’ brought Molly Griggs to Fayetteville. Acting talent is taking her everywhere else. Here's my profile of Molly for CityView. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/moll...
1) Democracy does not defend itself
2) An attack on one person/entity or one tactic never stops there
3) If you stand up to bullies, who often are unprepared or unqualified to defend their position, your chances of winning are high.
Undaunted: The Associated Press open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
2) An attack on one person/entity or one tactic never stops there
3) If you stand up to bullies, who often are unprepared or unqualified to defend their position, your chances of winning are high.
Undaunted: The Associated Press open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Undaunted: The Associated Press
Stand up to bullies, and you just might win
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April 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
1) Democracy does not defend itself
2) An attack on one person/entity or one tactic never stops there
3) If you stand up to bullies, who often are unprepared or unqualified to defend their position, your chances of winning are high.
Undaunted: The Associated Press open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
2) An attack on one person/entity or one tactic never stops there
3) If you stand up to bullies, who often are unprepared or unqualified to defend their position, your chances of winning are high.
Undaunted: The Associated Press open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
I'm immensely proud of Maydha and thankful to have had the chance to work w/her at both the Chatham News + Record & in Fayetteville. Massive congrats to her for officially (finally!!!) getting the EIC position @ City View!
A note from CityView’s Editor-in-Chief www.cityviewnc.com/stories/a-no...
A note from CityView’s Editor-in-Chief www.cityviewnc.com/stories/a-no...
A note from CityView’s Editor-in-Chief
After serving as CityView’s interim editor-in-chief for the past six months, I’m excited to take on the job in a permanent capacity.
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April 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm immensely proud of Maydha and thankful to have had the chance to work w/her at both the Chatham News + Record & in Fayetteville. Massive congrats to her for officially (finally!!!) getting the EIC position @ City View!
A note from CityView’s Editor-in-Chief www.cityviewnc.com/stories/a-no...
A note from CityView’s Editor-in-Chief www.cityviewnc.com/stories/a-no...
If you're in a newsroom, you need this. From E&P: Mastering editing: The key to stronger media writing www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/mast...
Mastering editing: The key to stronger media writing - Editor and Publisher
“Editing: The Essential Guide to Better Writing Across Today’s Media” by Buck Ryan and Michael O’Donnell helps writers refine their work with 12 core editing principles. Covering style, grammar and ne...
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March 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
If you're in a newsroom, you need this. From E&P: Mastering editing: The key to stronger media writing www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/mast...
Attending the #ncruralsummit, and I asked a keynote speaker after a presentation about whether they've studied the potential impact of DOGE cuts on rural N.C. The response: In conversations w/Republican lawmakers, the word basically is: We're alarmed, too, but we're afraid to speak out against Elon.
March 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Attending the #ncruralsummit, and I asked a keynote speaker after a presentation about whether they've studied the potential impact of DOGE cuts on rural N.C. The response: In conversations w/Republican lawmakers, the word basically is: We're alarmed, too, but we're afraid to speak out against Elon.
I was recently talking to someone about this administration, and said it's a clear case of a scarcity mentality vs. an abundance mentality. Trump HAS to win, and that means someone else HAS to lose — the U.S. be damned.
For JD Vance, Europe Really Is the Enemy open.substack.com/pub/yaschamo...
For JD Vance, Europe Really Is the Enemy open.substack.com/pub/yaschamo...
For JD Vance, Europe Really Is the Enemy
Europe now faces a stark choice: abject dependence or radical self-invention.
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March 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I was recently talking to someone about this administration, and said it's a clear case of a scarcity mentality vs. an abundance mentality. Trump HAS to win, and that means someone else HAS to lose — the U.S. be damned.
For JD Vance, Europe Really Is the Enemy open.substack.com/pub/yaschamo...
For JD Vance, Europe Really Is the Enemy open.substack.com/pub/yaschamo...
Make history White again
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Make history White again
Anti-DEI laws are an attempt to control the national narrative.
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March 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Make history White again
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On the Trump administration's dispute with the AP: "It's about hassling the press and showing who's boss and pushing around the ‘lame stream media...' It's just asserting who's the big dog, and ‘you all take orders from me,’ and you know that's the Trump model. It's also the authoritarian model..."
The Trump Administration and Media Bans | The Poynter Report Podcast
The Poynter Report Podcast
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February 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On the Trump administration's dispute with the AP: "It's about hassling the press and showing who's boss and pushing around the ‘lame stream media...' It's just asserting who's the big dog, and ‘you all take orders from me,’ and you know that's the Trump model. It's also the authoritarian model..."
A sneak peek at my March "Rural Route" column for BusinessNC magazine...
February 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A sneak peek at my March "Rural Route" column for BusinessNC magazine...
In a flood the zone world, WaPo is doing its own version of flood control. (And it's customizable.) A nice accompaniment to the "trump dump" browser folders I've created to keep up. @washingtonpost.com
What has Trump done today?
Keep tabs on the Trump administration’s daily actions and executive orders, and follow the stories that are most important to you.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In a flood the zone world, WaPo is doing its own version of flood control. (And it's customizable.) A nice accompaniment to the "trump dump" browser folders I've created to keep up. @washingtonpost.com
When our president says, “I’m the only one who can do this,” he’s absolutely right. An insightful listen.
Trump’s Bargain With Putin Is ‘Shameful’ - Listen on NYT Audio
28 min listen - Turning our back on Ukraine would only weaken America.
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February 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When our president says, “I’m the only one who can do this,” he’s absolutely right. An insightful listen.
Thom Tillis and the party of surrender
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Thom Tillis and the party of surrender
Tillis has the led the NC GOP from the party of Jim Martin to the party of Mark Robinson.
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February 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thom Tillis and the party of surrender
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A cartoon cabinet and a Congress of louts. And this guy…
February 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A cartoon cabinet and a Congress of louts. And this guy…
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Raskin: "Yesterday, Donald Trump banned the Associated Press, a 179-year-old newspaper organization, from the White House because it declines to call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." This is straight up press censorship based on retaliatory viewpoint discrimination."
February 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Raskin: "Yesterday, Donald Trump banned the Associated Press, a 179-year-old newspaper organization, from the White House because it declines to call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." This is straight up press censorship based on retaliatory viewpoint discrimination."
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This is how a democracy collapses: "A senior official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency instructed subordinates to freeze funding for a wide array of grant programs Monday, just hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration — for the second time — to stop such pauses."
FEMA official ignores judge's latest order, demands freeze on grant funding
Federal workers are being swept into the fight between Donald Trump and federal courts, with four FEMA aides fired Tuesday for being "deep state activists."
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February 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is how a democracy collapses: "A senior official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency instructed subordinates to freeze funding for a wide array of grant programs Monday, just hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration — for the second time — to stop such pauses."
That this is happening in my state, and that Republicans continue to endorse Jefferson Griffin's ridiculous ploys, is hard to fathom. It's like when bad satirical theater becomes real life. || The Courts Must Stop This Judge From Stealing an Election www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
Opinion | The Courts Must Stop This Judge From Stealing an Election
North Carolinians — all Americans — should be watching closely to ensure that justice is done.
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February 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
That this is happening in my state, and that Republicans continue to endorse Jefferson Griffin's ridiculous ploys, is hard to fathom. It's like when bad satirical theater becomes real life. || The Courts Must Stop This Judge From Stealing an Election www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
I'll be a part of this conversation on Feb. 21 through the University of Nebraska, along with my friend Buck Ryan and a couple of fellow Jayhawks. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'll be a part of this conversation on Feb. 21 through the University of Nebraska, along with my friend Buck Ryan and a couple of fellow Jayhawks. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Trump Takes a Red Pen to History www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...
Opinion | Trump Takes a Red Pen to History
The president’s Jan. 6 pardons mark a terrifying new chapter in blurring the past.
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January 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Trump Takes a Red Pen to History www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...
The always on-point David French…
Opinion | Why Are So Many Christians So Cruel?
It’s a simple question with a complicated answer.
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December 22, 2024 at 10:39 PM
The always on-point David French…
November 28, 2024 at 7:25 PM
The problem I’m struggling with isn’t just that so many Republicans are low-information voters. It’s that even when confronted with the truth, and proof of the truth, they refuse to believe it. How do journalists mitigate that - and to help change the narrative that feeds their collective mistrust?
November 14, 2024 at 4:14 PM
The problem I’m struggling with isn’t just that so many Republicans are low-information voters. It’s that even when confronted with the truth, and proof of the truth, they refuse to believe it. How do journalists mitigate that - and to help change the narrative that feeds their collective mistrust?
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There's a reason democracies don't let people who tried coups back into power.
November 13, 2024 at 11:45 PM
There's a reason democracies don't let people who tried coups back into power.
Nice work by CityView's Morgan Casey (wonderful Report for America fellow).
Fayetteville looks to shake its title as ‘America’s least walkable city’
A Youtube video marked Fayetteville as the country's least walkable city. But the city government and locals are working to improve.
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November 13, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Nice work by CityView's Morgan Casey (wonderful Report for America fellow).