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Yorktown HS Grad Ocasio-Cortez Bans Press From Town Hall Forum Yorktown HS Grad Ocasio-Cortez Bans Press From Town Hall Forum
Yorktown HS Grad Ocasio-Cortez Bans Press From Town Hall Forum Does the young Democratic Socialist upstart, upsetter from Westchester and the Bronx support a Free Press, or not?  The 28-year-old Congressional candidate banned the news media from a Town Hall meeting after news reporters "mobbed her" during an earlier New York event, according to this report in the Queens Chronicle.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Monday, Aug. 13 that stops on her listening tour throughout the district, like the one held a day earlier in Corona, are “intended for lively, compassionate discourse with a diversity of viewpoints.” The Democratic candidate and…

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by Jon Craig
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NY Daily News Lays Off Half Of Newsroom Staff NY Daily News Lays Off Half Of Newsroom Staff
NY Daily News Lays Off Half Of Newsroom Staff “New York’s Hometown Paper,” the New York Daily News has seen its editorial staff gutted with half of those working in the newsroom being fired as part of a “fundamental restructuring," parent company Tronc announced on Monday in an email to employees,  “If you hate democracy and think local governments should operate unchecked and in the dark, then today is a good day for you,” editor-in-chief Jim Rich, who was also among those fired, posted on Twitter. According to multiple reports, the staff of the iconic tabloid in its 99th year of operation was informed during a one-minute meeting…

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by Zak Failla