Carriage Towne News gave my silent movie work a nice mention in its online and print editions. My next movie is Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera at the Plaistow, NH library on Friday, January 19.
New Hampshire
The thug’s veto in Lancaster, New Hampshire
The Weeks Memorial Library in Lancaster, a small town in northern New Hampshire, was going to put on a “drag queen story hour,” then it cancelled the event because of alleged threats of violence. A WMUR news article says,
Linda Hutchins, board chair of Weeks Memorial Library, said the library has a non-discrimination policy when it comes to renting out their room, but when they started receiving violent threats and word of multiple protests, safety became a top priority.
However, an NHPR news article makes it doubtful whether these threats were real:
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Inaccurate headlines
Update:The Union Leader corrected the headline, possibly in response to my complaint. Kudos!
News websites want clicks to their articles. They’re what bring in advertising revenue. Too many of them mislead the reader or sensationalize the story for the sake of clicks. Sometimes they engage in outright falsehood. An example is an article on the website of the Manchester, NH Union Leader, which carries the false headline “Free staters continue to meet despite ban.”
The article is actually about the Free Keene organization, which has no connection with the Free State Project beyond being based in the same state. Most libertarians in New Hampshire regard Free Keene as a little crazy. Putting their health at risk to make a point isn’t very smart.
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