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The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, to our local shame, is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida, and is the mothership of the sole local newspaper, The Saint Petersburg Times, and POLITIFACT, amongst others. It was a creation of the late owner & publisher of the Saint Petersburg Times, Nelson Poynter (1903-78), who inherited it from his father, Paul, who bought the paper in 1910.

For the less affectionate in our area, the St Pete Times has been frequently referred to as the Suncoast Pravda for its persistent LEFTist slant. The INFURIATING thing about the Poynter Institute is that it is a 501(c)3 CHARITY, a non-profit! It is self-described as a Journalism School with the motto of "Democracy needs journalism. Journalism needs Poynter".

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Well, then: I think the next step is as plain as the nose on your local faces, don’t you?