The West Seneca Bee represents itself as the Towns newspaper. Just who are the people behind the articles reporting town policies. are they town taxpayers (no), town residents (no) . The Editorial sections write articles on Town business but have no stake in the game. Are their taxes going up (no) Must be nice to have input in someone else's community if it does not cost you a dime
First off = when they say they are the "Towns News Paper" - that doesn't mean "The Towns People's News Paper".
It means the controller members of you'r Town's Government pays them with your tax dollars. It means they will print legal notices and press releases/notices given them by the Town Clerk and others.
It means the articles, opinions, columns and so forth will favor the Governments point of view. They will blindly reprint whatever information they are given. No "Journalism" - no "Fact finding investigative reporting" - just parrot the Establishments words.
You have the right to send letters to the editor - they can choose whether to publish them or not.
If it makes anyone feel any better - its the same in every Village, Town and City.
#Dems play musical chairs + patronage and nepotism = entitlement !
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