Courant repeatedly takes Republican side

Newspapers are supposed to be in the business of reporting news based on facts. Articles in the Courant have repeatedly expressed the Republican talking point that raises for state workers are inappropriate because the economy is poor. This is simply not true. The American economy has created more than six million jobs by virtue of the efforts of the Biden administration to reset our economy to benefit the average American, not just the wealthy. Unemployment is close to a 50-year low. The national deficit is dropping: this year we are set to reduce it by more than $1 trillion. These are facts and can be checked, not opinions, theories or talking points.

To what end does the Courant propel a false narrative that benefits one party alone? Could there be a relationship between that and the fact that opinion pieces from the Heritage Foundation (an organization strongly linked to anti-democratic theories and candidates) are published numerous times a month by The Courant? Diane Tucker, West Hartford