Karl Rove is being exposed as pressuring Rep. Foley - the Republican who pursued teenage Congressional pages - to run for Congress one more time. Indeed, Karl apparently told Foley that if he did not run again that his future career as a lobbyist would be hampered. Lets see how long it takes our big Corporate media to touch that one.
The Associated Press did a hit piece on Sen. Reid - very unusual for the AP but perhaps something that should cause us to be more skeptical of their reporting on political matters. The Bellingham Herald ran the story this morning. The story twists the facts and spins them to imply that Reid gained a financial benefit from shady land deals. This same AP reporter, John Solomon, has written two previous articles about Reid that were shown to be inaccurate. Here are two posts that explain the situation - TPM Muckraker and The Daily KOS.
The Associated Press did a hit piece on Sen. Reid - very unusual for the AP but perhaps something that should cause us to be more skeptical of their reporting on political matters. The Bellingham Herald ran the story this morning. The story twists the facts and spins them to imply that Reid gained a financial benefit from shady land deals. This same AP reporter, John Solomon, has written two previous articles about Reid that were shown to be inaccurate. Here are two posts that explain the situation - TPM Muckraker and The Daily KOS.
