AP Acts As If Misunderstood 'Minnesota Nice' Is at Stake in State Govt

Tom Blumer
July 7th, 2011 10:43 PM
I had to do a double take when I looked over this afternoon's dispatch out of St. Paul, Minnesota from Patrick Condon of the Associated Press. Readers unfamiliar with the Gopher State budget impasse to this point would fail to learn from the AP report that the dispute is all about raising taxes. Democratic Governor Mark Dayton wants tax increases on "the wealthy" (which really means high…
 

Reuters, AP Run Interference for Dem Gov. Dayton in Minn. Shutdown

Tom Blumer
July 3rd, 2011 2:12 PM
Weekend coverage emanating from Minnesota via Reuters and the Associated Press is doing its level best to run interference for Democratic Governor Mark Dayton, who has chosen to shut down the government rather than sign a budget which does not include tax increases.
 

AP, NYT Inflate Perception of Non-Madison Saturday Pro-Union Crowds

Tom Blumer
February 27th, 2011 11:13 AM
Yesterday was supposed to be a day of massive pro-union demonstrations nationwide designed to give Wisconsin public-sector employee moral support from hordes of their union and non-union "brothers" and "sisters" around the country. Uh, that's not exactly what transpired. The establishment press's fallback position in matters such as these when the protesters involved have their sympathies…
 

AP's Bauer Continues to Claim That Wis. Legislation Would 'Eliminate C

Tom Blumer
February 27th, 2011 8:52 AM
From all appearances, the Associated Press's Scott Bauer has a story, and he's sticking to it -- never mind the facts. On February 17 (covered at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), in an item which mostly told readers that pending legislation would "eliminate collective-bargaining rights," Bauer let a kernel of truth slip into his second-last of nearly 40 paragraphs: Unions still could represent…