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'Successful Partners' To Star At Working Women's Forum

Published: January 30, 2015 12:00 am

The Working Women’s Forum, an association of local professionals and entrepreneurs, will feature a talk titled “Successfully Working With A Partner.” Mary Wilson and Patrick Kearney, who are owners of...

'Successful Partners' At Working Women's Forum

By John Voket

Published: January 26, 2015 12:00 am

Business Buzz: Newtown MediSpa Expands

By Nancy Crevier

Published: January 23, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown MediSpa opened its doors to a newly expanded space, Tuesday, January 6. Located just two doors down from the original office, also at 123 South Main Street, the two-year-old business is now fo...

Free Seminars For Business Owners

Published: January 19, 2015 12:00 am

The Newtown Economic Development Commission and the Newtown Chamber of Commerce have partnered with the US Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Connecticut District Office to offer free seminars for ...

Career Coach Hosting 'Inner Tool Building' Series

Published: January 16, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown career coach and broadcaster Mariette Kammerer, who was recently profiled in The Newtown Bee, is hosting a workshop titled, “Unleashing Your Innovative Thinking Potential.” The first of six se...

Grant For Sandy Hook 'Wayfinding' Design Plan, Free Seminars Announced

Published: January 16, 2015 12:00 am

Connecticut Main Street Center (CMSC), the downtown revitalization and economic development nonprofit, has awarded the Town of Newtown a $10,000 Preservation of Place Grant for the creation of a Sandy...

Trustworthy Hometown Computer Services Are Liberty's Hallmark

By John Voket

Published: January 12, 2015 12:00 am

While “big box” computer stores and their behind-the-scenes repair facilities may be convenient, most of the clients of Joseph Masso’s Liberty Computing Services keep coming back for the trusty, quali...

Talk Slated On Blunders In Sales Conversations

Published: January 08, 2015 12:00 am

In an effort to help foster business opportunities in the greater Newtown area, the Newtown Chamber of Commerce continues to host free monthly networking events open to all local business professional...

Jennifer Zulli At Next Working Women's Forum

Published: January 08, 2015 12:00 am

The Working Women’s Forum, an association of local professionals and entrepreneurs, will feature Jennifer Zulli, speaking about “Spiritual, Emotional and Physical Benefits of Meditation” on January 14...

BBB: Be Prepared Before Returning Unwanted Holiday Gifts

Published: December 29, 2014 12:00 am

CROMWELL — Consumers and retailers are ready to move on to the next phase of the end-of-the-year sales marathon: gift returns, and Connecticut Better Business Bureau says the process can be a lot less...

Catherine Murphy

My Backyard Habitat: Why Your Backyard Still Matters

Snapshot: Alison Flannery

Stanley Polcyn

NHS Debate Team Places High, Receives Trophies For Recent Tournament Performance

Real people were just in a frightening car accident. To immediately frame their misfortune as rhetorical ammunition against new housing — affordable housing included — feels less like concern for “health and safety” and more like opportunistically using a scary moment to support a pre-existing position. If we’re going to debate this proposal, we should do it honestly: with data on traffic volume, accident history, engineering recommendations, and the town’s housing needs, not by seizing on a single crash as proof that 300 apartments are inherently unsafe. Newtown deserves a thoughtful, fact-based conversation about growth, safety, and affordability — one that doesn’t turn other people’s bad day into a political talking point.

How Many Accidents Will It Take?

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.

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.

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

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