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Meghan Dougherty: With racial requirements for youth workshop, the Inquirer misses the point of diversity

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023
Meghan Dougherty
2

The Acel Moore Journalism Workshop is closed to white students starting in 2023.
By Meghan Dougherty

Media Bias

The Editors: Inquirer’s editorial goes overboard with hasty, hyperbolic judgment against Central Bucks schools

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022
The Editors
5

The editorial from the paper of record is little more than a press release from one side in a complaint that is not a lawsuit.
By The Editors

Media

Ben Mannes: The Inquirer’s suit against a former employee casts doubt on their commitment to liberal values.

December 7, 2022December 9, 2022
A. Benjamin Mannes
2

In attempting to silence and impoverish Stu Bykofsky, who worked there for forty years, the Inquirer appears vindictive and cruel.

by A. Benjamin Mannes

Media

Inquirer stands by incorrect story about “hate-filled” response to canceled West Chester OUTFest event

October 24, 2022November 4, 2022
Todd Shepherd
7

Paper of record continues to describe West Chester residents’ reactions as “vitriol,” despite evidence to the contrary.
By Todd Shepherd

Media Bias

Wally Nunn: Mainstream media should keep facts and opinions separate

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022
Wally Nunn
9

The Inquirer has no problem calling Trump a liar, but is silent about its own participation in the Russia conspiracy theory.
By Wally Nunn

Education

Wally Nunn: Will Bunch misses the point, again

February 11, 2022February 16, 2022
Wally Nunn

Mr. Bunch: your own numbers undermine your premise. What you care about is tearing us apart.
By Wally Nunn

Crime

The Editors: To stop Philly’s cycle of violence, D.A. Krasner must prosecute gun crimes

August 8, 2021September 3, 2021
The Editors
7

As city leaders debate symbolic declarations on gun violence, and with Philly on track to hit a record 500 homicides in 2021, the Editors at Broad + Liberty humbly offer one real solution to the violence crisis plaguing our city: That D.A. Larry Krasner actually effectively prosecutes gun crimes. Nothing else matters if he cannot do this.
By The Editors

News

Inquirer stands by disputed claim that PA has “drastically reduced” school funding

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021
Todd Shepherd
2

The Inquirer has refused to correct the claim of one of their columnists that state funding for public schools has been reduced in recent decades. A spokesman for Pa. House Republicans said the Inquirer’s assertions were “not based in reality,” and an education researcher urged the paper to stop “peddling this false narrative.”
By Todd Shepherd

History

Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. VIII): The Final Voyage to Freedom

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021
Robert Petrone
1

Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part eight in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone

History

Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. VII): The First Civil Rights Legislation of the Americas

December 8, 2020April 19, 2021
Robert Petrone

Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part seven in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone

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