DISQUS

seamusnh · 3 months ago

I consider the Union Leader to be on the right, the Boston Globe on the left (about as far left as one can get for a major city daily paper; only the SF Chronicle and NY Times are further left) and the Nashua Telegraph to be close to the center but a little on the left side of center... JMHO

spoton · 3 months ago

I believe that The Telegraph generally is left of center, and struggles with opposing views. I have noticed that more recent articles represent a wider range of views, which I believe are healthy. I'd recommend more attention to diverse views so that the public can appreciate the complexity of issues that face us.

DaveBrooks · 3 months ago

At least one long-time Telegraph columnist would be slightly peeved if we started running a column from the NY Times' David Brooks.

After all, I had the name first.

Sally Mansfield, RNC · 3 months ago

Hi NIck
Was on vacation and missed your original article. However, I did read this mornings editorial...good feed back. I could not agree more about finding someone other than Cal Thomas, an oppionated egotist as far as I can gather.
I have reflected much on the death of "Uncle Walter" and his views on presenting the news. It does not have to be a "bashing" of those whose opinions differ from oneself...just present the facts as seen from a different window of the world. There must be someone out there who can present the "right's" point of view without causing the reader's blood pressure to rise to new levels!!
Have a good week also
Sally

Red · 3 months ago

Meant to send this before - hope you get to read it...

I was very pleased to have you spell out the political leanings of the various columnists. Was struck as I revisited this that the 30-year subscribers might only read on Rightwingday and hence have gotten wrong impression of your political balance. For myself, I sometimes have to squint to be sure where your columnists are coming from. Prior to this, I had no idea the scripted balance you were providing.

I know some folks resist labels, but perhaps you could identify in a positive way the political leaning of Rightwingday's columnist, with a short header to announce Leftwingday's columnist Lefty will be "in this space tomorrow". This should further educate your readers as they digest the commentary.

Only other thing I could offer is to rotate columnists through the days of the week. Then folks might not be so "set in their views".

Hope this helps. Keep the balance!

-- SRB

bjanz · 2 months ago

Frankly, the editorial leanings of the Telegraph are hard to detect. On one day, you might have a left-leaning NT editorial with a left-leaning guest editorial. On the next, both might be right-leaning. And, on another, they may lean in opposite directions.

Frankly, I enjoy a less "weighted" point of view, and find that a left-right balance is probably the most enlightening of all. I especially like the days when you have two editorials, one NT and one guest, and they both lean FAR out in the opposite directions!!

What *really* trips my laugh gauge is the online responses to the letters column! Granted, there are some tasteless comments made by some of the posters (I have noted them in the past). But, for the most part, the online responses sometimes make me ROTFLOL!

More? There are some hair-trigger responders out there, and some of them are probably the best reads!

Now, I will NEVER admit that it might be fun to see whether a well worded "innocuous comment" could cause a storm of invectives and ad hominem attacks. But, it is fun to see how some people respond to a post about some impersonal political point of view with a personal attack... and then can't "take it" when they "give it".

Keep it up, folks. If nothing else, it's entertainment!