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CNN.com Fails to Mention Governor Blagojevich’s Party Affiliation
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... An unsigned CNN.com article on Tuesday which broke the news that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich had been arrested by federal authorities omitted his Democratic party affiliation. Both Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris face conspiracy and bribery charges related to the appointment of Barack Obama’s successor to his Senate seat. ...
Governor of Illinois Busted, Tried to Sell Obama's Senate Seat
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... that "the breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering." Governor Blagojevich had one offer of $500,000. Has that person been arrested? Yet? Before his arrest, the Governor had a 13% approval rating. Bush and the Republicans are so loving this! Smoking Gun: Obama Senate Seat For Sale? Blago: A Senate seat is a ‘f***ing valuable thing’ Feds: Blagojevich put ‘for sale’ sign on Obama replacement Blagojevich's ...
Ill. Gov. Taken Into Custody by Feds, Media Never DId Connect Him to Obama
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... from many of these news reports. You guessed it, the fact that Blago is a Democrat seems to have slipped under the radar. But also his connections to Obama and his associates has continually gone unnoticed.
Now, as usual, we cannot really smack around the home papers or TV reports. After all, people in Chicago and Illinois already know that their governor is a Democrat. But it is the news wires and outlets outside Illinois that should be questioned.
News outlets like CNN, AFP, MSNBC's First Read Blog, The AP, have mysteriously forgotten that ...
Ill. Governor Arrested by Feds, Media Ignored Connection To Obama
Stop The ACLU —
... to be missing from many of these news reports. You guessed it, the fact that Blago is a Democrat seems to have slipped under the radar. But also his connections to Obama and his associates has continually gone unnoticed. Now, as usual, we cannot really smack around the home papers or TV reports. After all, people in Chicago and Illinois already know that their governor is a Democrat. But it is the news wires and outlets outside Illinois that should be questioned. News outlets like CNN , ...
Selling Obama’s Senate Seat
The Moderate Voice —
... The prosecutor who took out Scooter Libby is flummoxed today by the antics of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in trying to auction off Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. ...
Excessive entanglement of press and state
Overlawyered —
One reason of many it’s a bad idea:
[Illinois Gov. Rod] Blagojevich, Harris and others are also alleged [in the federal indictment] to have withheld state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field. The statement says this was done to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members who were critical of Blagojevich.
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