adn.com - 1/6/2009
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The union representing state troopers has backed off allegations that a drug investigation of Sherry Johnston was slowed down last fall to shield the national candidacy of Gov. Sarah Palin.
adn.com - 1/4/2009
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adn.com —
A Mat-Su drug investigator and the union representing
Alaska State Troopers are alleging political meddling in the
Sherry Johnston drug case, including a delay in serving the search warrant because of the November election. Johnston is the mother of ...
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Trooper, union say politics delayed Johnston drug case: ...
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Media Continues to Smear Sarah Palin Without Apology
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Where are the retractions, the corrections, or the apologies? As of this morning, the only source covering the updated information is the Anchorage Daily News. Perhaps the MSM will eventually get around to covering the story, but since it can be categorized as positive news for Sarah Palin, it isn't likely to happen any time soon. ...
Alaska Senate poll: Murkowski 57, Palin 33
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... already got someone there with seniority, who most people think is doing a good job, I think it would be a huge mistake.”… A poll commissioned last month by the Web site dailykos.com showed Palin beating Murkowski 55 to 31 percent, although local pollster Dittman says he has concerns about the methods used to arrive at those numbers. One or the other poll’s dramatically skewed, as nothing’s happened in the last three weeks to warrant a 25-point swing. Except, er, the allegations — since rescinded — that Alaska cops suspended their drug investigation into Levi Johnston’s ...
Alaska News
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Claims that the case against Sherry Johnston was slowed for political reasons have been withdrawn. Levi Johnston has quit his new job because it requires a high school diploma: Levi figures it's best to leave the job and
pursue his education, Keith Johnston said. Levi's not eligible for the
apprenticeship program without the diploma, he said.
"You guys are watching him so tightly," Johnston said, referring to the
media. "He's being treated different than an average 18-year-old kid.
He has to do everything by the book ...
Lies, d*mn lies and the Alaska Daily News
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... True, ADN did print this updated story, but it shouldn’t be nominated for any awards for journalistic integrity. The Alaska Daily News started this chain of events based on a false story written by a reporter who failed to get solid confirmation, like they teach in JOUR 101. His editor approved the story, and if there was any editorial board to review the editor’s decision, it was asleep at the wheel. The bogus article went to press and got published. AP, which never turns down a story which might be harmful to Sarah Palin, jumped on the story, and from there ...
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