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>>_delir+(OP)
My sibling lives in Marion county KS. As always, there's two sides to the story. Apparently the Marion County paper blatantly omits and twists facts and has shut down several businesses in Marion by posting stories about the owner's personal lives. My sibling says false reporting is rampant and is often damaging to the community. Doesn't affect the legality of this raid, of course.

Throwaway to protect my sibling's identity (very very small town).

>>marion+Ie
> As always, there's two sides to the story.

> Doesn't affect the legality of this raid, of course.

Do you see how the second statement undermines the first? "Yeah, but some people don't like the paper" isn't really an opposing side to the story, just sour grapes.

>>wtalli+ng
I would say there's likely more than one issue at play, not that one issue undermines another.

The raid might be legal or illegal. The people running the paper might be behaving unethically/illegally or ethically/legally. And if the people running the paper are committing crimes, that IS relevant to the legality of the raid. Not just sour grapes.

And perhaps those of us that live nearby have more information and perspective than random commenters on HN?

Can't you see how a article that waxes poetic about freedom of the press and ignores potential illegal/immoral behavior of the specific reporters might result in internet outrage that doesn't address the scope of the community's issues?

>>marion+Uj
If you actually have more information, especially empirical evidence supporting your assertions, please post it. Your assertion -- that "the Marion County paper blatantly omits and twists facts and has shut down several businesses in Marion by posting stories about the owner's personal lives" -- warrants substantiating evidence. Where is it? You provided none.

Instead, you wrote, "And perhaps those of us that live nearby have more information and perspective than random commenters on HN?" That statement is nearly an appeal to authority, like a cable news-watching boomer saying, "Trust me, kid, I know what I'm talking about."