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Editorial: How to be smarter than fake news

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEditorial: How to be smarter than fake news Call it “fake news,” call it “lies,” call it anything you’d like. Stories about world leaders and presidents-to-be that are completely bogus are nothing new, but those still reeling from the presidential election may have you believing otherwise. In the days immediately......
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Editorial: SA should continue making strides to serve students

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Student Association has made great strides toward fulfilling their mission of representing the interests of Fredonia’s students this semester, but there’s also work that ought to be done as the year goes on. As reported in this issue of The Leader, students will have a new SA administration next......
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Conservative Corner: Why Hillary Lost

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Reading Time: 2 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor Donald J. Trump will be our next president. I never thought I’d have to use that sentence, but like everyone else on Tuesday night, I was indeed wrong. Now, many of you may be wondering why Hillary Clinton lost to Trump on Tuesday, but the signs......
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Editorial: In 2016 race, the American people lose

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEditorial: In 2016 race, the American people lose By the time you’re reading this, barring a contested election, the U.S. will have decided who will be entering the White House in January in order to lead the country for the next four years. At press time, we don’t know who......
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Editorial: A free society needs a free press

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesIs doing journalism a crime? Earlier this month, “Democracy Now!” host Amy Goodman was charged by prosecutors for participating in a “riot” after her reporting on the Dakota access pipeline filmed security guards using pepper spray and dogs on protesters. Those charges were rightfully recognized as ludicrous and were dropped,......
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Conservative Corner: The final presidential debate takes a turn for the worst

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor A few nights ago saw the final presidential debate, and thank God that this debate was the last one. Like the other two presidential debates, this one focused on the candidates’ controversies rather than the policies they want to implement. One huge lesson we learned last......
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Editorial: ‘Locker room talk’ is more than just Trump’s problem

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Reading Time: 2 minutesEditorial: ‘Locker room talk’ is more than just Trump’s problem   Most people at least know of the things that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said recently regarding rape accusations made against him. Of course, he brushed them off as simple “he said, she said” situations and claimed that......
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Campus View: It’s time to have conversations about racism

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   As someone who has been living in Fredonia for a year and half, a lot of my opinions have changed about what I naively thought about the town. I thought it was a simple town that didn’t have any discriminatory feelings or ideas about people......
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Editorial: Register to vote or face the results

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter months of campaigning, it’s hard to believe that there’s only a little more than one month until the 2016 presidential election is behind us. This cycle has seen students across the country become some of the most outspoken participants in the American political process, but making phone calls and......
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