Matthew Gagnon

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“In an oversaturated world of so much noise, there seems to be a race to create the shortest and most explosive content to break through the logjam and attract your attention.”

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Bezos is, of course, correct in his evaluation. It isn't just important whether you are being honest and unbiased, it matters whether people perceive you as being such.

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"There is a reason why four states — Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon — rejected ballot initiatives that proposed ranked-choice voting this year."

"If they were smart, Democrats would be looking at Golden and using his brand of politics to build a permanent, unbreakable majority in Maine."

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The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com