What are the two largest daily newspapers in the state of Alaska?
Begich Endorsed by Two of Alaska’s Largest Newspapers 10.31.08 Anchorage Daily News, Juneau Empire say vote Begich Two of Alaska’s largest newspapers today urged Alaskans to vote for Mayor Mark Begich for U.S. Senate in next Tuesday’s general election. Both the Anchorage Daily News and the Juneau Empire are backing the Begich candidacy. “I’m honored that two of Alaska’s leading newspaper from different parts of the state representing broadly diverse viewpoints have endorsed my candidacy for the U.S. Senate,” Begich said. “The thousands of readers of these newspapers read today that Alaska needs an energetic, independent senator to set a new direction for our state and I’ll work hard to fulfill that challenge.” In today’s Juneau Empire, editorial writers say Alaska needs a new voice in the U.S. Senate and the best option is Begich. “Begich’s background shows him to be a capable leader,” the Juneau Empire editorial states. “Through two decades as a businessman in Anchorage, he showed his
Alaska used to be a place with a reputation as a last refuge for scofflaws and miscreants. The lack of resume’ checking [at least in the pre-internet age] was legendary. The two largest daily newspapers in the state, the Anchorage Daily News and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner are running skeleton crews these days. Neither of them played any role in uncovering the 2006 Alaska political corruption scandal. The legislators were going around in hats that said CBC, and probably half of Juneau knew it stood for “Corrupt Bastards Club”. How hard would it have been to start asking around and connecting the dots? Instead both papers have mostly acted like Palin’s personal publicity agents.
