Many of you may not get the
Aegis, the "Premiere" newspaper circulating in Harford county and parts of Baltimore and Cecil counties. The Aegis is published by Homestead publishing, owned by the Tribune Co., which also owns The Baltimore Sun. The Aegis is unapologetically Republican in nature. They aren't even in line with Neo-Cons, or the mainstream conservatives. They hate just about everyone that doesn't strictly act Republican.
Take yesterdays article, "An 'R' Needed To Win?" In which Executive Editor Ted Hendricks pretty much somes up, in-over a half-page of news, that Democrats suck. The venom is so fierce in this article that he assualts Republican Delegate Joanne Parrott because she isn't in the rank-and-file. Hendricks continues on by making the point that because Democrats only outnumber Republicans by little over 900, that Democrats amount to nothing county-wide!
"When [Harry L.W.] Hopkins beat Linda Mochinal, an obscure Republican challenger, four years ago, he was a Democrat. But the then-76-year-old saw the future and knew it was becoming nearly impossible to win as a Democrat. He recieved 37,034 votes to 36,491 for Mochinal."
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"The difference? "R" for Republican, of course. That's the original of the term Switch-o-crat to denote those with a longtime Democratic affliation changing parties to ease their path to election victory."
What also stands out in this article are it's many deviations; every five paragraphs, there are new sub-headings that just bleed arrogance! "Harford's third party" (referring to switch-o-crats), "Still all about the 'R'", and "The last Democrat" only speak to this Editor's brash, unilateral bias.
This is probably one of the sickest attempts at "Journalism" I've seen since Fox News went on the air. With the accuracy of reporting and the frequent liberal-bashing coming from that paper, The Aegis makes Fox News look left-of-center! I run a private blog for Harford Co. Democrats, but the people who read that blog know what they're getting; an analysis of the news, local officials and some light advocacy. People actually go to the Aegis for gasp NEWS!