Bob interviews John Brakey, election transparency activist who is traveling the country to check out if every state uses the ballot imaging function on their voting machines to provide an audit trail.

http://www.wcrsfm.org/audio/by/title/the_other_side_of_the_news_march_30...

We had yet another week of very little to be joyful about. The executive branch is fixated on destroying our environment and living out childhood fantasies by playing around with the military. We are yet to see a sanguine and inspiring candidate for the midterms rallying the people on the scale of Ralph Nader or Bernie Sanders. Even beautiful actions by teachers calling for higher wages and better educational conditions have a demoralizing side. They are receiving meager support from national political figures, and they show us how poorly the most important people in our communities are treated. The last seven days become even more unacceptable when they are just a continuation of the garbage we had to endure throughout March. I’ll begin with a recap of the month to put this week’s news into perspective.

Monday, April 9, 8am-5pm
Franklin County Board of Elections, 1700 Morse Rd.
vote.franklincountyohio.gov/voters/register-to-vote.cfm. 614-525-3100.
Or go to your local board of elections or Ohio Secretary of State.
https://olvr.sos.state.oh.us/

Dear Editor,

I’ve have been a long time reader of The Columbus Free Press and of your “Columbus Media Insider” articles. I have a strong problem with the articles as of late, The focus on The Dispatch has been too much actually and have come at the cost of not serving the mission of your paper “speaking truth to power”

Recently, There have been articles galore about Sinclair Broadcasting Group and their recent “Propaganda” disguised as a Editorial / PSA that stations that were owned by them were forced to run that attack the press in general. Unfortunately, This is not the first time this company has used their stations to push propaganda. This goes back and ranges a long time over conservative issues and bias that they are forcing it station to run.

In Columbus, They own three stations, WSYX ABC 6, WTTE FOX 28 and WWHO CW 53 and in Ohio they own a station in EVERY Ohio Market except, Cleveland. This could change if a merger with Tribune goes through and they acquire WJW FOX 8 in Cleveland.