Florida officials deny library's request for New York Times, claiming "Fake news."

TLK Valentine · Nov 5, 2019

Florida officials deny public library's request for a New York Times subscription, calling the paper "fake news"

"Do we really need to subscribe to The New York Times?" one county commissioner asked after a vote on the motion during a public meeting. The other commissioners laughed, video from the meeting shows.

"I actually was going to say that. I'm going to be a 'no' for this. Fake news. I agree with President Trump," another commissioner, identified as Scott Carnahan by the Citrus County Chronicle, said. "I will not vote for this. I do not want The New York Times in this county," he continued, going on to say he does like agree with or like the paper.

Master speaks; followers echo.

Thoughts?

Hammster · Nov 5, 2019

TLK Valentine said:
Thoughts?

Um...who really cares?

The_Barmecide · Nov 5, 2019

Hammster said:
Um...who really cares?

People should care that public institutions like libraries are going to potentially be throttled by ideologues.

Tropical Wilds · Nov 5, 2019

Some people fear knowledge. Let them enjoy their ignorance and hope they don’t vote.

TLK Valentine · Nov 5, 2019

Tropical Wilds said:
Some people fear knowledge. Let them enjoy their ignorance and hope they don’t vote.

Unfortunately it's the people they voted for who are promoting the ignorance.

essentialsaltes · Nov 5, 2019

The NYT is a 'newspaper of record'. It should be welcome in any library.

The expense might be an issue for budgeting, but the quality of the publication is not.

Hammster · Nov 5, 2019

The_Barmecide said:
People should care that public institutions like libraries are going to potentially be throttled by ideologues.

Wow. Throttled? Yikes!

The_Barmecide · Nov 5, 2019

The_Barmecide · Nov 5, 2019

Tropical Wilds said:
Some people fear knowledge. Let them enjoy their ignorance and hope they don’t vote.

Unfortunately they do. They often take great pride in their ignorance and want to put it on display!

The_Barmecide · Nov 5, 2019

Hammster said:
Wow. Throttled? Yikes!

Were you unfamiliar with the word? You should visit a library.

bekkilyn · Nov 5, 2019

Fortunately, the library does already provide physical copies of the NYT to its patrons, at least for now. Until the book-burners get to those too, I suppose.

Hammster · Nov 5, 2019

The_Barmecide said:
Were you unfamiliar with the word? You should visit a library.

I’m very familiar. It’s sounds conspiratorial.

JackRT · Nov 5, 2019

Well, there goes not just freedom of the press but freedom of speech as well. Big Brother is watching. Fascism is unfolding as we watch.

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." --- anonymous but falsely attributed to Sinclair Lewis.

Hammster · Nov 5, 2019

JackRT said:
Well, there goes not just freedom of the press but freedom of speech as well. Big Brother is watching. Fascism is unfolding as we watch.

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." --- anonymous but falsely attributed to Sinclair Lewis.

They aren’t obligated to have that newspaper.

dailyprayerwarrior · Nov 5, 2019

Interesting story.

Zanting · Nov 5, 2019

JackRT said:
Well, there goes not just freedom of the press but freedom of speech as well. Big Brother is watching. Fascism is unfolding as we watch.

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." --- anonymous but falsely attributed to Sinclair Lewis.

Nah'''it will look like OAC and Ilhan Omar with their anti Jewish, anti American jibberish...thank goodness they won't have a chance to preach their socialist agenda along with the rest of their anti American house demo mob, because Trump will win in 2020.

Zanting · Nov 5, 2019

essentialsaltes said:
The NYT is a 'newspaper of record'. It should be welcome in any library.

The expense might be an issue for budgeting, but the quality of the publication is not.

ROFL...until they go bankrupt for lack of subscriptions...no surprise there.

essentialsaltes · Nov 5, 2019

Zanting said:
ROFL...until they go bankrupt for lack of subscriptions...no surprise there.

"The Times is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S."

JackRT · Nov 5, 2019

Hammster said:
They aren’t obligated to have that newspaper.

No they are not but it seems to me that as a public library they should be meeting the needs of the public without overt political judgments like "fake news".

TLK Valentine · Nov 5, 2019

essentialsaltes said:
The NYT is a 'newspaper of record'. It should be welcome in any library.

The expense might be an issue for budgeting, but the quality of the publication is not.

Unfortunately the minions in charge made their issue with the NYT explicitly clear -- He has spoken.

Florida officials deny library's request for New York Times, claiming "Fake news."

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