The Medford Transcript, Nell Escobar Coakley, Alex Ruppenthal Weekly Medford Newspaper Allows City Hall Misconduct to Infiltrate its pages harming residents Medford Massachusetts

The Medford Transcript in Massachusetts is not fair to the residents of that community. The long-time editor, Nell Escobar Coakley, does the bidding of a suspicious CIty Hall with poor follow-up to stories.  During elections the paper goes beyond playing favorites to positioning articles in a biased way in order to sway the voters the way the paper wants them to vote.  Headlines in the paper edition catch the eye with a headline that can benefit a preferred candidate.  It is outrageously on sale for $2.00 (while other publications in other cities and towns from the same company are free,) and if a notable citizen passes on, they want money to run the story.   They claim to be a community newspaper but I read in a search on the paper that one citizen, now deceased, was forbidden from entering the offices.  He ran a news show and the editor didn't like him.  So much for caring about the community. If you complain they will be vindictive. That is not how a news organization should run. Serving the community while playing favorites is not serving a community and advertisers should think twice about such practices.