The guest opinion by Courier Times editorial board member Eric Bown provides many reasons why the leftist corporate media is so despised. The opinion accuses Sen. Tommy Tomlinson of “dirty politics,” while also congratulating the editorial board for its neutrality and public service in endorsing various candidates.

Bown alleges the editorial board made endorsements “which were pretty equally divided by gender and party affiliation.” In fact, nine of 13 endorsements were for Democrats in the Courier Times. Furthermore, the editorial board specifically took gender into account: As a member of the citizens' advisory board, I was told by an editor that — all else being equal — the board went (on one occasion at least) with the female because of gender.

Bown claims an endorsement for Democrat Tina Davis was in part made to inject “new blood in the legislature to work against a perceived legislative stalemate,” thereby conceding that merit was not the critical issue.

Mr. Bown finally resorts to what has become a common Democrat theme whenever it suffers a loss (still not accepting President Trump’s democratic election two years ago!): Tomlinson’s election was “fraudulent” because it was based on a “dishonest and vicious commercial.” This goes along with the theme that the editorial board apparently punished those candidates who used “negative advertising,” even when the advertisement was, in fact, based on truth, as this was.

And thus, the final point (of course): Tomlinson didn’t really win re-election, having won by less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the vote, 74 votes, “not even enough people to fill a school bus.”

Well, I’ve got news for you, Eric. Even if it was one vote (and there were two recent congressional races decided by one vote, although interestingly enough, the Republican graciously conceded while the Democrat is claiming fraud and demanding a recount — a common theme of the left), not even enough to fill a Volkswagen Beetle, that’s enough to win an election. Get over it or, perhaps, allow it to eat away at you for the next few years.

It is worth noting that the three or four editorial board members believe they are somehow better qualified to determine the best candidate. So, it is fine for them to pontificate their opinions to the “little people.”

Over half of the American people are “woke” to the utter corruption of the state, including the corporate/leftist/globalist media. It’s time the public licenses of these traitorous anti-American television/cable networks are pulled (they can still have their first amendment rights on the internet: CNN.com, Fox.com, ABC.com, etc.)

The print media should shape up or face repercussions from its subscription base. I know plenty of good people who have canceled their subscriptions over your left-wing bias.

The Courier Times is a great newspaper when it covers local news and neutrally covers national and international news. Keep your endorsements to yourselves.

Douglas B. Marshall is an attorney at law in Yardley and a 2018 member of the Courier's Reader Advisory panel.