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Entries Tagged as 'Media Bias'

Jay Nixon Approval Plummets

August 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Last week, Public Policy Polling released a new poll of Missouri showing Republican Roy Blunt up 7 points over Robin Carnahan. Keep in mind that PPP is generally considered a Democrat-leaning firm, and the survey was conducted on behalf of Daily Kos, a far-left blog.
Buried in the poll results is an ominous sign for […]

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Tags: Media Bias · Jay Nixon

MDP Operatives - KC Star ‘Reporters’ - Pen Carnahan Puff Piece

May 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Robin Carnahan’s communications team, disguised as “objective” reporters Steve Kraske and David Goldstein (don’t laugh too hard) penned a piece yesterday titled, “Show-Me showdown: Outlines of Carnahan-Blunt race emerging.” WTF, “Outlines of Carnahan-Blunt race emerging???”
Where the hell have they been? The outline’s been clear from the very beginning of the campaign. All Kraske and Goldstein […]

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Tags: Media Bias · Rep. Roy Blunt

Post Disgrace ‘Edits’ Lt. Gov. Kinder’s Letter to the Editor; Cuts Criticism of Itself

April 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments

 ”Always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers…always be drastically independent.” - Taken from the STL Post Dispatch’s platform
“A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.“ - Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer must be rolling over in his grave […]

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Cleaver Lists Committee Assignments on Fundraiser Invitation

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Not saying that it’s never done, but this is the first time we have ever seen a fundraising invite that lists the particular committees that a congressman sits on. It’s kind of similar to us like listing the options for a new car on the window. We guess just like new car shoppers, a lobbyist […]

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Tags: Rep. Emmanel Cleaver · Media Bias

Another Fine Example of Media Amnesia, Double Standards & Cover Ups

March 16th, 2010 · No Comments

The Source posted a piece yesterday chronicling another example of the sheer dishonesty corruption and negligence of Missouri’s fourth estate:
The Source:
In 2006, the Kansas City Star ran with a story about Congressional offices leasing vehicles for official duties. In the first article (On the Hill Pricey Wheels, 3/12/06), they made a half-hearted attempt to approach […]

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Quote of the Day: Postal Service Chief: “Our Business Model as Outdated as the Newspaper Industry’s”

March 12th, 2010 · No Comments

 ”The Missouri Media”
The Hill:
“Twenty years ago we would laugh at the notion that a newspaper would ever embrace the idea that maybe the channel of the future is electronic and that you may have to change your business model,” Potter told a group of reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.
He added, […]

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Tags: Media Bias · Jay Nixon