Name: Board of Selectmen meeting (agenda posted)
Start: 2023-08-21T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2023-08-21T23:59:00-04:00
Location: Newtown Municipal Center

Board of Selectmen meeting (agenda posted)

August 21, 2023 at 07:30 pm

Start Time: 7:30 pm

Newtown Municipal Center (Council Chamber), 3 Primrose Street and via livestream

agenda posted

Category

Meetings (town board and commissions)

Newtown Fund Issues

Appeal For Donations

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New Heights Baptist Church Hosts Second Annual Pie Drive

Newtown Rotary Club Prepares To Host 65th Pancake Breakfast

To add context that did not occur at the meeting would not be an accurate representation of the meeting and would, in fact, be editorializing to shape public opinion. The editorial staff here do not consider ourselves to be final arbiters of what the truth is (and if we did, it would make us partisan and biased), and we would need to provide a source for any dissenting information (sourcing all information in an article is literally Journalism 101). There were no such sources present at the meeting in question, and so it would not be appropriate to include such information in an article about the meeting. Dissenting voices appear in meeting stories when there were active participants with dissenting opinions, such as during public participation or the words of a council member who disagreed. It should be noted that the Interfaith Council, like many local boards and commissions, conduct meetings that are open to the public. This was not an article on the actions of the Greater Danbury Area Unites for Immigrants, or on immigrants, or on ICE's actions in the community, where including other voices or perspectives would be appropriate. We appreciate your opinion, but we stand by our meeting coverage and consider this discussion closed.

NIC Speaks With Danbury Unites For Immigrants, Discusses 12/14 Service

Propaganda is the systematic dissemination of information, often biased or misleading, to shape public perception and behavior toward a specific political cause or point of view. I'm not asking for Newtown Bee to editorialize, but providing context, where appropriate, to provide the reader with a more holistic view of the facts seems like a reasonable practice, particularly when encouraging the reader to decide what to believe/not to believe. Absent that context, this feels biased and misleading and intended to shape public perception.

NIC Speaks With Danbury Unites For Immigrants, Discusses 12/14 Service

The Newtown Bee reported what was said at a Newtown Interfaith Council meeting. Whether Mr McGillicuddy agrees with what was said or not, reporting what occurs at a public meeting is not "propaganda." Presenting what was said without editorializing is encouraging the reader to decide what to believe or not believe, and is standard for reporting at a community newspaper like The Newtown Bee.

NIC Speaks With Danbury Unites For Immigrants, Discusses 12/14 Service

"Abducted by ICE". You mean, when law enforcement enforces the law? This is propaganda passed off as a news article.

NIC Speaks With Danbury Unites For Immigrants, Discusses 12/14 Service

I was shocked to read that Chip had died. He was a great and good person in every way. We went to middle and high school together in Newtown. I lost a good friend and the world lost a great person. RIP.......Chip William St Arnauld Charlotte, NC

Wilfred Vashni Warner Jr

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