Sunday, June 18, 2006

Post-Dispatch Censors On Full Alert

From Missouri GOP:

The media typically has a liberal bias. Fine, we get it, it’s our job to fight it. We send out releases detailing how nearly 50,000 jobs have been created in Missouri since Governor Blunt took office, how our state’s unemployment rate has dipped below the national average, how under Governor Blunt’s leadership Republicans in the House and Senate have increased spending on education by over 1/3 of a billion dollars. And those are only a few of the accomplishments we promote to the media outlets in our state. However, despite being spoon-fed the facts, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch continues to ignore the truth and publish blatantly biased articles favoring liberal Democrats in our state. Recently, however, the Post-Dispatch took their liberal bias one step further. Over half a dozen Republican supporters have reported to our office that they submitted letters to the editor on topics ranging from support of the governor’s ethics reform bill to dismay about ludicrous scandal rumors in Jefferson City. Our Executive Director, Jared Craighead submitted a letter over a week ago to all members of the Post-Dispatch editorial staff and received absolutely no response and just this weekend state Rep. Carl Bearden submitted a letter in response to brutal attacks by the Post and his letter was not printed. With a Republican governor and majorities in the House and Senate, Republicans have turned our state around. A $1 billion debt created by Democrats has been turned into a budget surplus which has spurred economic growth and created thousands of new jobs for hard-working Missourians. The Post-Dispatch has made it clear that they are not interested in the facts and the truth has fallen on deaf ears. Don’t go to the Post-Dispatch for your news – you won’t get the whole story. Click here to read Rep. Bearden’s letter.

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