News & Brews July 7, 2022
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Voting on state budget to begin today PennLive reports that both the House and Senate are expected to begin voting today on a $42 billion spending plan that's about…
Short Take 31: Headline Hit Jobs
From skewing the news to fit a narrative, to spewing flat-out falsehoods, media headlines too often paint a one-sided picture. This episode looks at some headline hit jobs while setting the record straight on the real stories. This episode is…
Headline Hit Jobs
Op-Ed by Gina Diorio. This piece originally appeared at Broad + Liberty. Prefer to listen? Click here for the audio version. Sometimes, media headlines make me want to bang my head against the wall. For about two years, I’ve been informally…
News & Brews July 6, 2022
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News & Brews July 5, 2022
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Will U.S. Senate race break Pa. spending records? The Post-Gazette reports that its own "survey of various political advertisers found that Democratic and Republican powerhouses have already booked at…
News & Brews July 1, 2022
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Commonwealth Court halts bridge-tolling plan Yesterday, the Commonwealth Court blocked Gov. Wolf's plan to toll up to nine interstate bridges in Pennsylvania. The AP reports that the judges agreed…
News & Brews June 30, 2022
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! No budget by deadline The Post-Gazette reports, "Pennsylvania’s budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year won’t be complete on time for its June 30 deadline, and lawmakers plan to stay…
News & Brews June 29, 2022
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State budget unlikely to be complete by June 30 The end of June is the traditional deadline for our state budget, but while lawmakers and Gov. Wolf are reportedly…
News & Brews June 28, 2022
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News & Brews June 27, 2022
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Abortion takes center stage in gov's race, but not deciding factor for many After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last week overturning Roe v. Wade and returning the abortion…