I have read many comments that claim HCN has a liberal bias. “Right-wing Migration” supports that viewpoint because you chose to highlight a place impacted by conservative migration and examined it like it was a negative impact (HCN, 5/13/13). Could HCN also publish a feature article about a place impacted by liberal migration, with a similar takeover of local government? Also, I don’t read HCN for articles solely focused on political issues. I read HCN to learn about how land use and conservation is impacted by political decisions, not about how a bunch of California conservatives took over county government in Idaho.

Dan Watts
Indianapolis, Indiana

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Choose your political stories wisely

by Dan Watts, High Country News
June 10, 2013

<h1>Choose your political stories wisely</h1> <p class="byline">by Dan Watts, High Country News <br />June 10, 2013</p> <p>I have read many comments that claim&nbsp;<i>HCN</i> has a liberal bias. “<a class="external-link" href="../45.8/how-right-wing-emigrants-conquered-north-idaho">Right-wing Migration</a>” supports that viewpoint because you chose to highlight a place impacted by conservative migration and examined it like it was a negative impact (<i>HCN</i>, 5/13/13).&nbsp;Could <i>HCN</i> also publish a feature article about a place impacted by liberal migration, with a similar takeover of local government? Also, I don’t&nbsp;read <i>HCN</i> for articles solely focused on political issues. I read&nbsp;<i>HCN</i> to learn about how land use and conservation is impacted by political decisions, not about how a bunch of California conservatives took over county government in Idaho.</p> <p><i>Dan Watts<br />Indianapolis, Indiana</i></p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=187049">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Choose your political stories wisely</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/45-10/choose-your-political-stories-wisely/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=116521&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/45-10/choose-your-political-stories-wisely/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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