Conservative viewpoints deserve space in Gazette

What do conservatives have stacked against them? Where to begin?

Unfair coverage in nearly every media outlet, including The Gazette. My unscientific analysis is that about 90 percent of content is liberal leaning and in many cases, leaning far left. It happens quite often, that if someone expresses conservative beliefs or opinions, they are portrayed as radical “right-wingers.”

The coordination of government organizations and beliefs (mostly the FBI) with nearly all social media platforms (Twitter was formerly the most impacted … thanks Elon!) to drown out many conservative viewpoints (clearly, government infringing on free speech rights). The indoctrination of our young adults going to public universities with far-left platforms. Impressive that we have a strong conservative movement in spite of these issues.

I believe this movement exists because conservative policies help a much larger majority of people in this country. Is it perfect? Of course not, and it never will be. But when you look at results from 2018 and 2022 gubernatorial Elections in Florida and Iowa, clearly, people are seeing the impact of these policies.

In Florida, Ron DeSantis won in 2018 by an extremely slim margin (33,000 votes). In 2022, DeSantis won by 1.5 million votes. In Iowa, the same is true. Kim Reynolds won in 2018 by 37,000 votes. In 2022, Reynolds won by 225,000 votes. This shows strong support for conservative policies. I hope The Gazette can start to balance the coverage in a fair way.

Dan Breitbach

Cedar Rapids