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Local Media

Ignoring Constitutional Cautions, Florida Lawmakers Seek to Make It Easier to Sue News Organizations

March 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The presses aren't about to stop. (Bank Phrom on Unsplash)

Ignoring arguments that the bill is unconstitutional, a House panel on Tuesday approved a controversial proposal that would make it easier for people to sue news organizations for defamation. The measure seeks to limit the “actual malice” standard that for decades has protected journalists writing about powerful government officials.

Florida Bill Would Require Bloggers to ‘Register’ With State and Turn Over Financial Accounts

March 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

bloggers required to register with the state

The bill, which has no chance of becoming law, would require bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis and other elected state officials to register with the government and provide monthly financial income reports. The National Review today called the bill’s GOP author a “moron.”

The Wall Street Journal, Economist and Financial Times All Now Have Female Editors. What Does It mean for Business?

February 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

fearless girl female editors

More women at the top increases the likelihood of women rising through the ranks. These media appointments may even be more important in one respect than the increased number of women on corporate boards.

2,000 Articles, 2 Million Words, Countless Revelations in ’22: Help FlaglerLive Keep You Richly Informed in ’23

December 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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If you are reading these words right now, consider yourself very fortunate: You are NOT a resident of one of the hundreds of U.S. cities, towns and counties that have no local, reliable print or online source of news. But it takes your help to keep your community from becoming a news desert.

My Newspaper Died

October 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Our papers are getting worse at a time we desperately need them to get better. Why? Because they are no longer mediums of journalism, civic purpose, or local identity. Rather, they’ve been reduced to little more than profit siphons, steadily piping local money to a handful of distant, high-finance syndicates.

Republicans Complain About WESH-2’s Requirement That Debate Candidates Be Vaccinated

September 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

One of Palm Coast's more notorious anti-vaxxers at the county airport last year, where the Health Department was conducting vaccination clinics. (© FlaglerLive)

Scotty Moore, Republican nominee challenging incumbent Democrat Darren Soto in Congressional District 9 in Central Florida, declined an offer by WESH-2 in Orlando to participate in a virtual debate after he refused to adhere to the news outlet’s vaccine requirement.

Nightmare Over

August 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

The lame-duck commissioner at a meeting today. (© FlaglerLive)

As we reflect on Flagler County’s resounding rejection of the bigotry, lies and posturing of its County Commission Chairman Joe Mullins, Steve Robinson—a board member of FlaglerLive—weighs in on FlaglerLive’s coverage of this man.

Social Media? No. Blame Cable News for Idiocy Politics.

August 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Joe Biden and Donald Trump supporters, like these two, are more likely to be polarized by TV news than online echo chambers. AP Photo/Allen G. Breed

Roughly 17% of Americans are politically polarized – 8.7% to the left and 8.4% to the right – based on their TV news consumption. That’s three to four times higher than the average percentage of Americans polarized by online or social media sources.

In the Shadow of Tom Joad: Pride in Flagler’s Food-A-Thon, Wrath That It Is Still Needed

July 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The car line eevry Saturday and Sunday leading into Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way off U.S. 1. It usually extends out and up the highway. (Grace Community)

One naturally feels proud about a community capable of generosity on the scale of Flagler Radio’s Friday Food-A-Thon. But there’s no pride in the persistent poverty it speaks of: There’s something pathologically wrong about any community in what is supposedly the wealthiest country on earth still having to do this to ensure something as basic as putting food on the table for 3,500 families every week.

Multiplication of Loaves: Flagler Radio’s Food-A-Thon on July 8 Aims for $1 Million Food Buy for Needy

July 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way off U.S. 1, opposite Royal Palms Parkway, in palm Coast. (Facebook)

A July 8 Food-A-Thon organized by Flagler Broadcasting’s four radio stations aims to raise $200,000 in cash, which can then be leveraged to buy more than $1 million in food to ensure $00 worth of groceries every week for 3,500 families through the new year. The donations and pledges are already poring in.

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