Toledo Blade's Slow-Learning Reporter IDs Prosecutor as GOP, Doesn't N

May 15th, 2009 12:12 AM
(UPDATE: See circulation chart below.)In early March (covered at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), Toledo Blade Columbus Bureau reporter Jim Provance named the party of Ohio's Republican State Auditor Mary Taylor, who sharply criticized Democratic Governor Ted Strickland's serious lateness with the state's financial statements -- so late that they couldn't possibly be audited until after the Ohio…

Toledo Blade Reporter Names Party (GOP) of Auditor, But Not That of Go

March 3rd, 2009 11:31 PM
You've got to hand it to Jim Provance of the Toledo Blade. He managed only to identify the party of a Republican in a story that is primarily about a Democratic administration's failure to produce timely financial statements. Democratic Governor Ted Strickland, his administration, and his appointed Democrats in Ohio's Office of Budget and Management are not going to have the state's records in…