Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Local official uses government billboard to hit newspaper as 'fake news'
NEWS DETAILS
Parent(s) Container 
ContributorIndyGeorgia 
Last EditedIndyGeorgia  Aug 19, 2018 06:41pm
Logged 0
CategoryNews
AuthorMorgan Gstalter
News DateSunday, August 19, 2018 11:40:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionA local official in northern Illinois received criticism after using a government billboard to attack a newspaper as “fake news.”

Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser posted the message on the billboard on Friday, taking aim at local newspaper Northwest Herald, the newspaper itself reported.

“THE NORTHWORST HERALD IS FAKE NEWS,” the sign read, according to the report.

When a reporter from the newspaper asked Gasser why he used government property to criticize the free press, he reportedly responded with “because you’re fake news.”
Share
ArticleRead Full Article

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION