Omaha World Herald going to the left?

[Omaha Steve]

The traditionally hard right paper (one of the last to defend Nixon in the US) has been moving away from the party line. The former publisher (Harold Anderson) left the party a couple of months ago. Read these 2 editorials and related links from today's paper.

Published Thursday
August 4, 2005

Pork is as pork does


Yes, accept those goodies from Congress; but let's call them what they are.

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=608&u_sid=1475293



Published Wednesday
August 3, 2005

Federal aid for CU garage is defended
Related link: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1640&u_sid=1474815



And this Published Thursday
August 4, 2005

Summertime fun

Republicans fail to reap expected harvest from highlighting $145 million tab.

The Nebraska Republican Party decided this week to harvest a little political capital at the expense of U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. The harvest never really got off the ground, though, before the Republicans were in apparent disarray and Nelson was coming off as the aggrieved.

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=608&u_sid=1475292

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Bev's book Black Box Voting talks about how bad the Herald is.

[TwilightZone]

1. Actually, it's been shifting left for quite some time now.

Even prior to the '04 general election, it was becoming quite apparent, particularly on the editorial page and in the letters to the editor that they've chosen to print.

[Another Bill C.]

2. Yup, I remember.

My first wife was from Omaha. When her father found out my political (and religious) leanings, he just about cried. We turned out to be good friends, though. I really miss her. She died in 1970.

[roguevalley]

3. so is the major statewide newspaper in alaska, the Daily News.

[dave502d]

4. Thank you for this Post.n/t

[Stephist]

5. The "Weird" Is every bit the right wing shit rag that it always was.

in MHO you are better off reading The Onion.

[TheFarseer]

6. I see alot of anti-bush

but not much pro-democrat. You can see that pretty clearly in the letters to the editor. Too bad 2/3 of the editorials are from George Will types, but there are some good anti-bush ones also.

That's the general problem with this state right now: alot of anti-republican feelings but not alot of pro-democrat.

[Captain Ultra]

7. They say the pen is greater than the sword

so pick up a ball point and help win a war.

I propose that it should nebraska democrats first and foremost goal to inject our views back into the media. I propose that we deluge the newspapers with our letters.