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Twitter’s silencing of Donald Trump
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
SUSAN SHELLEY Tribune News Service 
Dec 19, 2022
During the run-up to the 2016 election, Donald Trump used Twitter brilliantly. He had a talent for writing messages that were interesting or outrageou...
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Don’t fear Elon Musk
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Oct 07, 2022
Elon Musk is about to pollute the country’s discourse, and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop him. This is the alarm going up about the eccentric b...
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Elon Musk is not your savior
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to Olean Times Herald 
Aug 01, 2022
Conservatives may have noticed the recent spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Trump called Musk a “bull-- — artist”, and Musk replied that it was...
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With Twitter comes responsibility
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Apr 27, 2022
One of the world’s most influential social media platforms will soon be under the private ownership of the world’s richest person. Elon Musk’s $44 bil...
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Time to audit Twitter censorship
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
Apr 27, 2022
New Twitter owner Elon Musk is vowing to reform the social media platform. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the ...
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Trump’s new Truth Social joins the fray
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 26, 2022
President Donald Trump’s social media competitor to Twitter — called Truth Social — has gone public. The app proclaims itself to be “America’s ‘Big Te...
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Rogan shouldn’t be silenced
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
SAL RODRIGUEZ Tribune News Service 
Feb 08, 2022
Am I really about to defend someone with a $100 million deal? Yep. In case you don’t know, Joe Rogan is one of the most popular podcast hosts in the w...
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The age of progressive misinformation
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Sep 29, 2021
How does a stupid and ridiculous lie come to be embraced and promulgated by top officials of the United States government? Well, as it turns out, it's...
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Olean city ice rink already open for business
News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Sep 01, 2021
OLEAN — Want a way to beat the heat? Hit the ice. The ice rink at the William O. Smith Recreation Center is open for business, city officials reported...
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Someday, courts will rule on social media
Local Columnists, Nation World
BYRON YORK 
Apr 08, 2021
It started as one of those ridiculous controversies of the Trump era. In May and June 2017, then-President Donald Trump blocked a few Twitter trolls w...
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‘Misinformation’ in 2020
Local Columnists, Nation World
BYRON YORK 
Dec 17, 2020
Looking at reporting and discussion of the 2020 presidential campaign, has any word been misused as often as “misinformation”? In much political debat...
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Expect the unexpected
Health
Steve Metsch 
Nov 01, 2020
With winter fast approaching, Troop Ben Gardner is expecting the unexpected, as he says all motorists should when there’s snow and ice on the roadways...
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