By Conor Quinn Voters in the City of Buffalo expressed their priorities earlier this year regarding what they wanted the candidates of the elections to potentially focus on. Top issues included crime, housing and police reform. These issues polled 26%,… Read More ›
By Kristen Kessler As a young voter, issues that affect me are unemployment and the cost of college. The media should cover these issues, so they are acknowledged and do not get worse. An article by Mises Institute says, in… Read More ›
By Lucas Dekaney As a young voter, it is easy to be overwhelmed when choosing a candidate for governor especially when the media seems to cover the non-important issues. The most important issue I would like to be discussed by… Read More ›
By Patrick Scott With the rise of the internet and new forms of media outlets, there has been shift in the importance of media outlets from which voters get information. Voters have shifted away from traditional media outlets, and thus… Read More ›
By Thomas Gaughan As a nation we have survived multiple times of political chaos with both the 1968 election due to the Vietnam War and the 2020 election due to COVID-19. However, the polarization that plagues our current political system… Read More ›
By Sarah Sefried FAIR, standing for Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, published an article stating that The Buffalo News contributed to incumbent Byron Brown’s mayoral win over India Walton. The organization’s main critique was that the hometown paper used a… Read More ›
By Daniel Schiffhauer The Buffalo mayoral race has been one of the strangest political events in modern history. Not only has the incumbent mayor, Byron Brown, been forced to conduct a write-in campaign after losing the primary, and not only… Read More ›
By Samay Saxena Traditional media outlets influence over voters receiving information about candidates is no longer prevalent in our current society. As of last year, Pew Research found that 18 percent of US adults get their information about politics from… Read More ›
By Addison Gremli When it comes to making conversation, politics is a controversial topic. People often have a closed mind set when it comes to politics, but there is always an opposing opinion, that if presented with civility can be… Read More ›
By Emily Lewandowski The Late Show With Stephen Colbert allows the public to see politicians, such as Eric Adams, the New York City mayor-elect, in a new light. The more casual platform allows Adams to display his personality and discuss topics… Read More ›
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