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Editorials have turned milquetoast, and we no longer see the strong editorials in support of local businesses and communities. Letters to the editor and news articles consist of news from New Mexico, Arizona and elsewhere in the Lower 48 or take an unpopular point of view without finding out real details of stories.

Before Wick bought the Frontiersman, its newspapers dispensers were often empty by mid-afternoon, indicating people were eager to read the Frontiersman. It no longer seems to sell out.

So Wick, why is that anyway? Could it be locals have lost interest in the Frontiersman because they want to see local news and because locals could care less what folks in New Mexico and Arizona think about Alaskans? It is clear Wick Communications is telling the Frontiersman to publish letters to the editor and news from Arizona and New Mexico over letters and news from locals. That’s simply lazy journalism.

And, by the way — we’re mostly conservative. Personally, if I want left-leaning, liberally-biased news in Alaska, I’ll buy the Anchorage Daily News or tune in to ABC or NBC.

Irene Bogue

Palmer

Editor’s note: The Frontiersman’s parent company, Wick Communications, has never dictated local editorial policy or content for your hometown newspaper. Since Gov. Sarah Palin, a Valley resident and product, became national news, the Frontiersman has received input on what is also a local story from around the nation. We have printed these reactions as they pertain to a local person and story and have not printed any “Outside” letters in deference to local letters to the editor. On the subject of Palin and the campaign, we have printed all the letters to the editor we have received, can be verified and meet our letters to the editor policy.