Comments on: Two of three GOP Senate candidates go head-to-head http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/04/20/two-of-three-gop-senate-candidates-go-head-to-head/ from the Mount Vernon News Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Joshua Morrison http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/04/20/two-of-three-gop-senate-candidates-go-head-to-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2683 Joshua Morrison Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:32:10 +0000 Well, I’ll forward those concerns to the editorial department, which in the next time something like this comes up, feel free to use our staff directory and send the reporter a direct e-mail or a phone call.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/04/20/two-of-three-gop-senate-candidates-go-head-to-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2677 Jacob Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:51:09 +0000 I appreciate those previous stories, but Duncan is pointing out that Thom Collier’s incorrect statements stood uncorrected in THIS particular article.

]]> By: Duncan http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/04/20/two-of-three-gop-senate-candidates-go-head-to-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2676 Duncan Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:44:30 +0000 Joshua, that’s not the point. The point is that in this article, Collier’s comments go unchallenged and uncorrected. A respectable newspaper would slip a comment in after his statement giving the correct information, not just parrot what each person said. The latter is not journalism, it’s stenography.

]]> By: Joshua Morrison http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/04/20/two-of-three-gop-senate-candidates-go-head-to-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2673 Joshua Morrison Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:07:02 +0000 We’ve done two previous stories and a posted a discussion. We’ve written editorials as well and those can be find in the E-Edition.
Ohio seeks funds for rail service—October 19, 2009
Passenger rail progressing—January 1, 2010

]]> By: Duncan http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/04/20/two-of-three-gop-senate-candidates-go-head-to-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2672 Duncan Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:34:28 +0000 ‚ÄúLight rail is an upgrade to the Amish horse and buggy,‚Äù Collier said. ‚ÄúThey are willing to give us $400 million to build it, but we have to say no. …It will take $28 million a year to subsidize it.”

Fact-check this guy! It’s not a light rail plan. The estimate to operate the service annually is half what Collier stated, and put that number in context! We’re willing to pay $1.5 billion for a single interchange (the 70/71 split in Columbus) but not a mere 1/100th of that to operate the beginnings of a state-wide rail system that can be expanded upon? Absurd.

Journalists, don’t let this man’s lies stand without context and proper fact-checking. Do it right.

]]> By: LS http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/04/20/two-of-three-gop-senate-candidates-go-head-to-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2661 LS Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:20:17 +0000 Here is Thom Collier’s opening statement;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrWhOVx0SBk

I will have more videos from the debate posted later

]]> By: csd http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/04/20/two-of-three-gop-senate-candidates-go-head-to-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2657 csd Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:16:22 +0000 Maybe Jordan knows he will lose….so why waste the gas.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/04/20/two-of-three-gop-senate-candidates-go-head-to-head/comment-page-1/#comment-2650 Jacob Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:34:08 +0000 Maybe Kris Jordan was afraid that sue-happy Thom Collier would file a suit if he didn’t like one of Jordan’s responses.

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