Roanoke Times, July 5, 2026, Pg 1
NEW HOPE FOR LOCAL NEWS (all caps - front page - SUPER SIZE - really?)
https://roanoke.com/news/local/business/article_f544310c-484f-5e1d-8a6b-40567a30a948.html
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Talk about coverage!
75% Page 1: David Hoffmann “New Hope” for Roanoke Times
100% Page 6
100% Page 7
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Lee Enterprises tells its papers to run front-page profile of chairman and billionaire David Hoffmann this weekend
Some at the company say the unusual request raises questions about editorial independence
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/lee-enterprises-tells-its-papers-to-run-front-page-profile-of-chairman-and-billionaire-david-hoffmann-this-weekend/
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Perhaps this is real change in the Roanoke Times’ management, coverage, slant and content, perhaps not; Time will tell IF the paper changes and survives.
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Perhaps the new owner can return the RT back to its 1886 founders views:
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Roanoke Times Wanders Far From Their Founders Message -- 2011
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/11/roanoke-times-wanders-far-from-their.html
Roanoke Times, 11-27-11, Pg Horiz 1: Roanoke Times at 125 years old.
Major one page spread with nice photogenic picture of the president and publisher.
First editorial, Nov 30, 1886, by Mr. Claytor, first owner and editor of the Roanoke Times outlines the paper’s philosophy including:
• It has no pets to reward and no enemies to put down.
• It will endeavor to be truthful.
• It is the mouthpiece of no order, corporation, party nor clique.
• To the fostering of our infant manufactories, to the development of our mineral resources and the cultivation of our fertile fields, must we direct our best efforts if we would make this Southern land of ours blossom as the rose.
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Sadly Roanoke Times Continues Downward Spiral --- 2018
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/02/sadly-roanoke-times-continues-downward.html
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Roanoke Times Big Self-Serving For Thanksgiving --- 2020
Of all the Self-Servings dished out this Thanksgiving in Roanoke – this has to be the Biggest!
The reference to Mr Claytor was a special garnishment!
The Roanoke Times has not only wandered off Mr Claytor’s path – they have totally left the territory.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/12/roanoke-times-big-self-serving-for.html
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Roanoke Times Editorial Political Pabulum and Bias --- 2010
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/09/roanoke-times-editorial-political.html
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https://roanoke.com/news/local/business/article_f544310c-484f-5e1d-8a6b-40567a30a948.html
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Talk about coverage!
75% Page 1: David Hoffmann “New Hope” for Roanoke Times
100% Page 6
100% Page 7
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Lee Enterprises tells its papers to run front-page profile of chairman and billionaire David Hoffmann this weekend
Some at the company say the unusual request raises questions about editorial independence
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/lee-enterprises-tells-its-papers-to-run-front-page-profile-of-chairman-and-billionaire-david-hoffmann-this-weekend/
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Perhaps this is real change in the Roanoke Times’ management, coverage, slant and content, perhaps not; Time will tell IF the paper changes and survives.
-
Perhaps the new owner can return the RT back to its 1886 founders views:
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Roanoke Times Wanders Far From Their Founders Message -- 2011
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/11/roanoke-times-wanders-far-from-their.html
Roanoke Times, 11-27-11, Pg Horiz 1: Roanoke Times at 125 years old.
Major one page spread with nice photogenic picture of the president and publisher.
First editorial, Nov 30, 1886, by Mr. Claytor, first owner and editor of the Roanoke Times outlines the paper’s philosophy including:
• It has no pets to reward and no enemies to put down.
• It will endeavor to be truthful.
• It is the mouthpiece of no order, corporation, party nor clique.
• To the fostering of our infant manufactories, to the development of our mineral resources and the cultivation of our fertile fields, must we direct our best efforts if we would make this Southern land of ours blossom as the rose.
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Sadly Roanoke Times Continues Downward Spiral --- 2018
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2018/02/sadly-roanoke-times-continues-downward.html
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Roanoke Times Big Self-Serving For Thanksgiving --- 2020
Of all the Self-Servings dished out this Thanksgiving in Roanoke – this has to be the Biggest!
The reference to Mr Claytor was a special garnishment!
The Roanoke Times has not only wandered off Mr Claytor’s path – they have totally left the territory.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/12/roanoke-times-big-self-serving-for.html
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Roanoke Times Editorial Political Pabulum and Bias --- 2010
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/09/roanoke-times-editorial-political.html
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