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Letters to the editors: TFP alienating readers; Reader urges vote for Baker

Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Alton Brown, president of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, introduces WEHCO Media Publisher Eliza Gaines, left, to the Rotary Club of Chattanooga on Thursday, April 16, 2026.
Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Alton Brown, president of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, introduces WEHCO Media Publisher Eliza Gaines, left, to the Rotary Club of Chattanooga on Thursday, April 16, 2026.

Paper alienating potential readers

After reading Ben Sessoms’ propaganda this morning (4/17), it’s easy to understand Ms. Gaines’ situation with declining revenue for her paper. She pays someone to deliberately alienate 75% of the people who she wants to be her customers.

(IN THE NEWS: Chattanooga Times Free Press publisher talks future of news)

Mr. Sessoms makes Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer look like charter members of MAGA! Then I read Clint Cooper and thought, “Oh no, he’s sipping the same Kool-Aid as David Sharpe.” Finally, I read Ron Hart and said, “D—-, I should be paying double for this!”

Stan Lee