The Strib at it again
The local paper, the Star Tribune, know affectionately to some as the Red Star, has a way-out-there left wing editorial slant. Which is not terribly surprising, it's right (er, sorry) in line with many of its local readers that inhabit this metro area.
On Sunday it published a particularly disgusting editorial, and is getting soundly denounced for it.
Since others are covering that, let me give just another small example of the Strib's approach to "journalism".
The article, by Martiga Lohn, discusses Minnesota's budget deficit. Martiga must have figured out what you need to do to get ahead at the Strib. The article describes an Open House that Republican House Speaker Sviggum held to hear views from the public.
Here is the one man-on-the-street quote the Strib chose to run on the meeting...
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Dozens responded. Among them was Anna Graziano, a 13-year-old from St. Paul who joined a group of metro-area parents who snagged a 15-minute appointment with the speaker. They told him they backed higher taxes to boost school funding and prevent cuts to child care and health care.
"It started off OK but in the end, he was being kind of mean," said Graziano, who rested her sunglasses on top of her head and carried a beaded bag. "He wasn't really respecting anyone's views besides his own."
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You can't make it up.
The article closes with this heart-tugging image...
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Julie Anderson carried a framed photograph of her two beaming daughters
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7-year-old Carina and 9-year-old Maren, who has Down syndrome - to the meeting with Sviggum Tuesday. She said she doesn't want to choose between schools and health services for the disabled because her family needs both.
The Roseville mom wore shorts and said she only had time for the trip because her husband had the day off. "If you don't put a face on it, it's so easy to say, `Well, forget about that,''' Anderson said.
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So, MN Republicans want throw Down Syndrome kids into the streets?
And never mind the main inspiration for the article, that MN could be another $250 to $300 million short because of a recent MN Supreme Court ruling in a corporate tax case.
The Strib is of course saying MN should just go steal money from corporations to help bridge the deficit gap. No acknowledgement that the tax money might righly belong to the corporation in the first place.
On Sunday it published a particularly disgusting editorial, and is getting soundly denounced for it.
Since others are covering that, let me give just another small example of the Strib's approach to "journalism".
The article, by Martiga Lohn, discusses Minnesota's budget deficit. Martiga must have figured out what you need to do to get ahead at the Strib. The article describes an Open House that Republican House Speaker Sviggum held to hear views from the public.
Here is the one man-on-the-street quote the Strib chose to run on the meeting...
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Dozens responded. Among them was Anna Graziano, a 13-year-old from St. Paul who joined a group of metro-area parents who snagged a 15-minute appointment with the speaker. They told him they backed higher taxes to boost school funding and prevent cuts to child care and health care.
"It started off OK but in the end, he was being kind of mean," said Graziano, who rested her sunglasses on top of her head and carried a beaded bag. "He wasn't really respecting anyone's views besides his own."
***
You can't make it up.
The article closes with this heart-tugging image...
***
Julie Anderson carried a framed photograph of her two beaming daughters
-
7-year-old Carina and 9-year-old Maren, who has Down syndrome - to the meeting with Sviggum Tuesday. She said she doesn't want to choose between schools and health services for the disabled because her family needs both.
The Roseville mom wore shorts and said she only had time for the trip because her husband had the day off. "If you don't put a face on it, it's so easy to say, `Well, forget about that,''' Anderson said.
***
So, MN Republicans want throw Down Syndrome kids into the streets?
And never mind the main inspiration for the article, that MN could be another $250 to $300 million short because of a recent MN Supreme Court ruling in a corporate tax case.
The Strib is of course saying MN should just go steal money from corporations to help bridge the deficit gap. No acknowledgement that the tax money might righly belong to the corporation in the first place.
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