tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post6540099235670793173..comments2024-03-23T08:51:09.577-08:00Comments on Progressive Alaska: Anchorage Daily News Earns Pinocchio Award Over Oil Tax CoveragePhilip Mungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-59014895432072419462011-10-21T20:33:48.371-08:002011-10-21T20:33:48.371-08:00The ADN is doubly indicted today, by you and by Jo...The ADN is doubly indicted today, by you and by Joe McGinniss in his current blog entry (at blog roll to right):<br /><br /><i>It’s long been obvious to anyone who’s paid attention to the rise of Sarah Palin from mayor of Wasilla to governor of Alaska and beyond that the Anchorage Daily News was her greatest enabler.<br /><br />By turning a blind eye to her avariciousness, viciousness, venality and incompetence, the ADN allowed her to inflict herself, first on the state of Alaska, and then on the whole of America.<br /><br />In an Aug. 31, 2008 profile of her, ADN called her, in a headline, “The Joan of Arc of Alaska politics.”<br /><br />On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, in a speech at his alma mater, Baylor University, ADN executive editor Pat Dougherty finally ‘fessed up. “She has been such a presence for the life of our newspaper,” Dougherty said.<br /><br />He admitted -– for the first time (to my knowledge) -– that the ADN promoted Palin out of self-interest.<br /><br />“Our paper was actually very crucial to the rise of Sarah Palin,” he said.</i><br /><br />http://www.joemcginniss.net/how-did-sarah-palin-happen-anchorage-daily-news-editor-finally-admits-the-truth/Joe%20McGinnissKaJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11043005602676549904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-88925707190777033432011-10-21T15:32:09.797-08:002011-10-21T15:32:09.797-08:00I quit reading adn when Julia omalley blatantly li...I quit reading adn when Julia omalley blatantly lied about someone she knew saw palin running on a treadmill with her belly exposed. What a bunch o crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-55364670810367385052011-10-21T14:40:01.400-08:002011-10-21T14:40:01.400-08:00Between the trials of the bastards, the email dela...Between the trials of the bastards, the email delay crap still again, Pebble and now this I have to wonder AK is trying to be the most corrupt or it is just because it a fairly 'new' state.<br />For having one of the best state constitutions we sure do have a bucket load of 'holes' that let a lot of pure crap run through without oversight.<br />Our legislators sure seem to be ignoring all this and getting very little done...frustrating to say the least!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com