Really appreciate the information on judges on the ballot, both in today's edition and earlier this week. Other years, I've had to resort to making a decision based on who made the appointment. Now I know something more in terms of attorneys' assessments and rulings. And the flash cards focus the reader's attention. Thank you.
Re: "Members of the Tucson Crime Free Coalition turned up the heat on Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, hosting a press conference with his opponent, Heather Lappin, and Nanos’ critics, who say crime is on the rise. Police stats say otherwise, KGUN’s Kenny Dahr reports."
That's a rather milquetoasty way of saying those backing the challenger who are claiming the opposite of the facts are not being truthful in their public statements; most regular folks would just call that a lie, and expect such people to be called out by a fair media for lying.
Without any basis to doubt the accuracy of the 'police stats' (which I would assume local police reported crime statistics, and perhaps national statistics from the FBI/DOJ, which also demonstrate falling crime rates) why should an obviously politically motivated and self-interested, bold faced lie be called anything other than simply a lie? 'Police stats say otherwise' is the sort of cowardly both-siderism in which the media far-too often engages in order to not get criticism from the liars. This is one very strong reason why we are facing a crisis of truth in our politics: the media is reluctant to call outrageous and repeatedly-falsified lies what they simply are: lies by liars.
I expected better from Tucson Agenda. I am deeply disappointed. I will expect better in the future.
Really appreciate the information on judges on the ballot, both in today's edition and earlier this week. Other years, I've had to resort to making a decision based on who made the appointment. Now I know something more in terms of attorneys' assessments and rulings. And the flash cards focus the reader's attention. Thank you.
Re: "Members of the Tucson Crime Free Coalition turned up the heat on Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, hosting a press conference with his opponent, Heather Lappin, and Nanos’ critics, who say crime is on the rise. Police stats say otherwise, KGUN’s Kenny Dahr reports."
That's a rather milquetoasty way of saying those backing the challenger who are claiming the opposite of the facts are not being truthful in their public statements; most regular folks would just call that a lie, and expect such people to be called out by a fair media for lying.
Without any basis to doubt the accuracy of the 'police stats' (which I would assume local police reported crime statistics, and perhaps national statistics from the FBI/DOJ, which also demonstrate falling crime rates) why should an obviously politically motivated and self-interested, bold faced lie be called anything other than simply a lie? 'Police stats say otherwise' is the sort of cowardly both-siderism in which the media far-too often engages in order to not get criticism from the liars. This is one very strong reason why we are facing a crisis of truth in our politics: the media is reluctant to call outrageous and repeatedly-falsified lies what they simply are: lies by liars.
I expected better from Tucson Agenda. I am deeply disappointed. I will expect better in the future.