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News media: TNT no help to struggling businesses

The TNT is no longer a newspaper for the people but a mouthpiece for liberal politics and the governor of Washington.

Restaurant, tavern and microbrewery businesses are being used as a convenient villain to attack at the economic expense of many who work in the food service industry.

Gov. Jay Inslee speaks of health care experts whom he claims to be virus experts but seldom mentions any by name. Experts such as Dr. Harvey Risch, Dr. Scott Atlas and Dr. Dan Erickson speak of the good and not-so-good factors of restrictions that happen during a virus like this one.

In the TNT we read the comments of handpicked business owners who talk the government line, but we read little from those who are losing their livelihood because of unnecessary restrictions – for example, only allowing family members to sit together in restaurants.

Dean L. Haner, Puyallup

This story was originally published August 8, 2020 at 6:35 PM with the headline "News media: TNT no help to struggling businesses."

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