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The Decline & Fall of The Union Leader- a morality tale as to why print media is dying or is already dead

December 6, 2019 Norm Silber

I used to subscribe to The Union Leader for delivery to my home in Gilford 6 days a week. But not anymore. For two major reasons. First, starting with occasional failures to deliver the paper a couple of years ago, their very frequent failure to deliver their product to my mailbox on a regular basis, … Read more

Union Leader takes Aim at Free Staters

November 17, 2019 Kimberly Morin

The Manchester Police Department is not a fan of the Free State Project, and has not kept it a secret. More often than not, the Free Staters have been known to ‘best’ the MPD in Court for violation of their rights. MPD now asks all applicants “are you now, or have you ever been a … Read more

The Culture Wars Are Here in NH & the Union Leader Buys In!

November 14, 2019 Norm Silber

The Culture Wars Are Here in NH! And the Union Leader Buys In. A recent post by this writer called attention to the ridiculous and insulting reports that the left-wing Democrat Governor of Wisconsin was planning to refer to the state’s Christmas Tree its “Holiday Tree.” So, we now see in today’s Union Leader (Nov. … Read more

Poll: Should a victim of gun violence (sic) be able to sue a NH gun manufacturer for damages?

November 13, 2019 Skip

I guess the Union Leader decided to get “in on the news” that the Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit from Sandy Hook parents to try to hold Remington responsible for the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The Grok is Creeping Up on WMUR and About to Pass UL In Global Traffic Rank as Well

September 9, 2019 Steve MacDonald

In late July, GraniteGrok.com passed the Union leader in National Alexa Rank to become the number one on-line print media presence in New Hampshire. Two weeks later I announced a new goal; pass WMUR’s online traffic by Christmas. So, how’s that working out?

WaPo: Biden’s War Story Almost Entirely False

August 29, 2019

Former Vice President Biden making gaffes is certainly nothing new to the #FITN scene. His latest one is the most troubling of all. According to the Washington Post (of all places) it’s almost entirely false. HANOVER – Joe Biden painted a vivid scene for the 400 people packed into a college meeting hall. A four-star … Read more

Er, WHICH Constitution is he talking about?

August 9, 2019 Skip

Sometimes when high stakes things happen, things AREN’T always quite written as it should be. Thus, I smiled when I saw this tweet: .@GovChrisSununu vetoes all three gun control bills not addressing specifics of any says laws now "well-crafted" and NH 2nd Amendment stronger than in U.S. Constitution. #nhpolitics — Kevin Landrigan (@KlandriganUL) August 9, … Read more

NH AG Drops Complaints and Investigation into James O’Keefe and Project Veritas

July 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office and Atkinson resident Robert Bell have dropped all complaints and the investigation of James O’Keefe and Project Veritas.

So what happened yesterday at Manchester West High School?

May 15, 2019 Skip

Developing: I was sent a tip about what was seen in the Manchester Police log yesterday. I actually found a couple more log events than what I had received – and look at Event #4: 9 NOTRE DAME AVE MAN: @WEST HIGH SCHOOL P19053201 ASSAULT 05/14/2019 11:57 <snip> 9 NOTRE DAME AVE MAN: @WEST HIGH … Read more

So where are the vaunted Union Leader “Editors” in the Hohensee smear? Or are they in on it?

May 12, 2019 Skip

So in all this, Kimberly Houghton who is the Union Leader reporter that wrote about this “Rich Girard smear-a-like political stunt” (the Conservative Manchester School Board member earlier accused of “identifying” a student even as GraniteGrok outed her as having outed herself on Manchester Ink in a public Op-Ed) against Nashua School Board Doris Hohensee. … Read more

OP-ED: Dear Mr. Solomon, We Won’t Be Silenced

March 24, 2019 Kimberly Morin

David Solomon of the Union Leader wrote an opinion piece that has many shaking their heads: The House has no voting sessions scheduled this week, which is probably a good thing, since a cooling-off period is definitely in order. In this age of hyper-partisanship, acrimonious debate is hardly big news, but things really went off … Read more

The New Hampshire Union Leader Endorses Steve Negron in CD-2

September 26, 2018August 27, 2018 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, the New Hampshire Union Leader, has endorsed Rep. Steve Negron in the Congressional District 2 Republican Primary.

The first-term representative from Nashua is relentlessly cheery, his friendliness and optimism a welcome antidote to the anger and frustration permeating modern politics. Negron is bringing a positive, confident conservative message to the race for Congress in New Hampshire’s Second District. The theme of his campaign is “Restore American Confidence,” and he has earned our endorsement.

GrokEndorsement Executive Council, District 4. This is Very Impressive!

September 26, 2018August 20, 2018 Skip

To date, we have only issued one endorsement: Steve Negron running to represent New Hampshire from NH’s Second Congressional District (“CD-2”). Today, we add another.

While all writers have the freedom to endorse anyone they want as individuals, official GraniteGrok endorsements require a majority of all of the writers voting (not everyone votes). While we may all “read” the same on the issues, we do vary on candidates and sometimes “enthusiastically” (behind closed email/Slack doors). Most of our endorsements are contested – some of them highly so. As the title of this post implies, the result is impressive as all of the following writers at GraniteGrok.com have cast their ballot for one person (alphabetical order):

Kevin Landrigan of the Union Leader is blowing it out his other pie-hole – No, it didn’t

September 26, 2018July 28, 2018 Skip

“Thanks, Skip. That should have gone up a while ago but let me know if you’re still seeing an old version.”

Ayup. Er, no. That was Trent Spiner, Executive Editor of the Union Leader telling me that, like in Animal House, ALL IS WELL! Nothing to see here….move along. It went up a while ago. Again, nope. I started to get that feeling someone was trying to do a stonewall stand. Open and transparent? If that were true, the following didn’t have to be written:

Kevin Landrigan of the Union Leader is blowing it out his other pie-hole – Initial Response….and the Retort

September 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Skip

“He’s got Rand Paul, the federal Gun Owners of America, and “the leaders of GraniteGrok” on his side.

Some of you already know the outcome of the Union Leader claiming, with no basis whatsoever, that “leaders of GraniteGrok” were already behind Andy Sanborn in the NH CD-1. That would be me and as I said here, that’s an assumption that Kevin Landrigan, crack political reporter with decades of experience, made. We all know what Ass-u-me means, don’t we?

For those that don’t, let me put out the email trail.

Kevin Landrigan of the Union Leader is blowing it out his other pie-hole – The Demand

September 26, 2018July 25, 2018 Skip

“He’s got Rand Paul, the federal Gun Owners of America, and leader of GraniteGrok on his side.“

Well, of course I wasn’t going to let this go by the boards. Nor am I the type to be silent. So you do know what I did, right? Of course you do: I sent an email to both Kevin Landrigan and Trent Spiner (the Executive Editor of the Union Leader) (emphasis mine):

From: “skipdcm” <Skip@GraniteGrok.com>
To: klandrigan@unionleader.com; TSpiner@UnionLeader.com
Sent: 7/24/2018 9:26:24 AM
Subject: Retraction of a falsehood

I wish to bring this to your attention: http://www.unionleader.com/Kevin-Landrigans-Granite-Status-Self-financed-1st-CD-GOP-hopeful-suddenly-drops-out-07192018

“He’s got Rand Paul, the federal Gun Owners of America, and leader of GraniteGrok on his side.“

Kevin Landrigan, you nor anyone else from the Union Leader, ever contacted me for this deliberatively false statement. I hereby demand a retraction from you and the Union leader both as a separate post on your front page as well as a retraction within the article itself.

Kevin Landrigan of the Union Leader is blowing it out his other pie-hole

September 26, 2018July 24, 2018 Skip

Update: I just left a scathing vmail for the UL head honcho and Publisher, Joe McQuaid demanding retractions on the UL front page, within Landrigan’s article, and in their print edition. Let’s see what happens.
Update 2: From Trent Spiner, Exec. Editor, UL @ 1:36pm (my email was at 9:26am) – “…we certainly understand you have not endorsed this cycle and I appreciate you bringing the issue to my attention. We will be issuing a correction shortly”. I’m still waiting for it…
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I want a retraction from Landrigan and the UL and will be demanding such.

What am I talking about? This: “He’s got Rand Paul, the federal Gun Owners of America, and leader of GraniteGrok on his side.”

2018 Independence Day Week Events in New Hampshire

September 26, 2018July 1, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Care of the New Hampshire Union Leader here is a partial list of Independence Day Events this week all across the state. Parades, fireworks, balloon rides, socials, car shows, block parties, “breakfasts” picnics and more.

You can visit the Union Leader for updates or changes or check with your local town for details.

On another meeting I DIDN’T go to – Kevin Landrigan goes with the “rotten peeps, those GOPers are” with his headline

September 26, 2018May 13, 2018 Skip

Quick Thought:

NH GOP members exclude delegate from convention, take no action on her pro-gay-rights proposals
By KEVIN LANDRIGAN

Yes, I slap them around when it is needful – but I’ll go the other way when needed as well. The NH GOP did no such thing as exclude a delegate from the NH GOP Convention yesterday. So he is one of ~~two~~ ~~three~~ four things:

He’s an outright liar
He’s fishing for clickbait
He’s wishing to cast aspersions of guilt amongst the Union Leader readership
He’s lazy.

Or all four. He’s been around NH politics a long, LONG time – he knows better than to do this unless he was intent on making trouble where none exists. Yet, he decided to take a fact and make it an unfact: what’s a delegate by the rules?

New Hampshire Judges Must Have Skipped the 5th Grade

July 15, 2024August 30, 2016 Steve MacDonald

There is an outstanding editorial by Ian Underwood in the Manchester Union Leader. Here’s a taste. The state constitution says only four things about schooling. First, that: “it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates, (…) to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries and public schools.” Second, that … Read more