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  • Honolulu's Democrat-Rag Newspaper Offers Absurdly Whitewashed Tale of Biden's Maui Visit

    08/23/2023 9:26:50 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 12 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | August 23, 2023 | P.J. Gladnick
    If you didn't know any better, you might assume that White House PR flacks were composing the gushy copy in the local paper after his belated brief visit to Maui on Monday. Instead this adoration of Biden came from reporter Dan Nakaso in Tuesday's Honolulu Star Advertiser. The kisses to Biden start with this story title, "President Biden sends message of support, hope after touring Lahaina."In fact despite the wide resentment of Biden by Maui residents reported by many other sources, the only hint of negativity in Nakaso's Biden love note came in just one sentence which portrayed those protesting...
  • Hawaii's largest daily newspaper planning to lay off nearly half its news staff

    06/14/2020 7:41:05 PM PDT · by Libloather · 29 replies
    The Hill via MSN ^ | 6/14/20 | John Bowden
    The largest daily newspaper in Hawaii is reportedly making deep cuts to its newsroom staff, eliminating many positions and reducing the staff's size by almost half Honolulu Civil Beat reported that the paper will cut 31 positions across several departments, around half of the roughly 60 employees currently working for the Star Advertiser. The announcement reportedly comes after months of negotiations between the company's owners and the Pacific Media Workers Guild, a union representing journalists at the newspaper. "There are ways through this, not only short term but long term, that are viable options," said Michael Applegate, the union's executive...
  • Editorial: Strong democracy needs a free press

    08/16/2018 6:05:39 PM PDT · by LeoWindhorse · 55 replies
    Honolulu Star-Ad ^ | August 16th , 2018 | Our View
    The Boston Globe has urged newspapers across the country to publish editorials today promoting the value of a free press, and to defend it against criticisms by President Donald Trump. It’s reasonable to ask why. It’s not news that a president of the United States doesn’t like the news media. Most presidents don’t. Thomas Jefferson, who was routinely attacked by the press of his day, once said the only truths in a newspaper were in the advertisements. What’s disturbing today is the bitter vitriol and open contempt directed toward the news media.
  • How to get your birth announcement listed in Hawaii's StarAdvertiser

    10/09/2012 9:57:32 PM PDT · by jwsea55 · 26 replies
    StarAdvertiser ^ | Oct 06, 2012
    ...HOW TO GET LISTED To get your listing in our birth announcement column that runs Saturdays, please complete and submit a Star-Advertiser birth announcement form, which can be downloaded at www.staradvertiser.com, a copy of your child's birth certificate and a color picture of your child. Announcements will be run until the child's first birthday. Mail the items to Birth Announcements, Today section, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 500 Ala Moana, Suite 7-210, Honolulu, HI 96813. Or e-mail pdf copies of the signed announcement form and the birth certificate, along with a high-resolution (300 dpi) color jpeg of the baby's picture to features@staradvertiser.com. Entries...