Fox2 St. Louis morning anchor John Pertzborn – known to be a real team player among his colleagues – posted the following terse comment in regards to a post we did several weeks ago on “Slimy weasel scumbag” attorney Chet Pleban’s appearance on his show. We complained that Pleban was able to give his comments […]

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It is hard to believe that the St. Louis Post Dispatch was ever affiliated with Joseph Pulitzer. That “Jo” would almost certainly be ashamed of the Jo we are all so familiar with. Lazy “reporter” Jo Mannies never fails to remind us of that old Mark Twain exhortation “Get your facts first, and then you […]

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The Blunt Administration announced Wednesday the appointment of Alok Ahuja of Lee’s Summit to replace former appeals Judge Patricia Breckenridge. As our informed readers already know, Breckenridge was recently appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Ronnie White. Ordinarily, this routine appointment is something we probably would […]

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Shoot your lover in the head? Viciously slash a woman to death? Feel you were unjustly slandered by a school-board member? If you answered yes to any of the preceding, there’s only one man to call: ace attorney Chet Pleban. – Riverfront times In a shameful display of media bias this morning, the Fox network […]

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Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal: Editorial Page Editor Tony Messenger has been working hard to beef up the community conversation in the Voices section of the print product. The section is robust, enlightening, infuriating, maddening, and delicious. The web portion must expand on this. Being interactive is a given. Here’s what I propose: Stop with the divisive […]

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By Don Corrigan Mizzou’s J-School is gearing up for its 100th birthday party in 2008 as America’s oldest journalism school. My hunch is that a lot of us returning to our alma mater will be proud of the old school, but not so proud about the sad and lowly state of our profession. On the […]

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Please welcome new blogger Rick Fischer to the blogosphere. Rick is a husband, father to three girls, and an attorney in O’Fallon, Missouri. Rick says he is very involved in political issues, but is not a member of any political party. Every Tuesday morning, he co-hosts a radio show on KFAV, 99.9, with Lynn Schipper. […]

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Looks like Baghdad Messenger’s foaming at the mouth, personal Jihad against the Blunt Administration has spawned the need for some type of balance at The News Leader. The “Fiercely Independent Politically” Baghdad announced today the creation of two new blogs: Ozarks Right and Ozarks Left. “They’re an attempt to get more community members talking about […]

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No disrespect intended, but Dolan Media Newswires???? Where is Scoop Messenger and the rest of Missouri’s mainstream media on this? Oh my God, were beginning to sound like FiredUp Missouri! By Kelly Wiese Dolan Media Newswires An attorney who once worked for the state’s social services agency claims Attorney General Jay Nixon’s office discriminated against […]

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  “A devout Mormon, Eckersley isn’t shy about the fact that, at 30 years old, he’s still doing his best to live by the teachings of his faith, including remaining celibate before marriage. Perhaps that’s why he didn’t fit in with a staff in which he saysbawdy, locker-room talk is the norm. He says he […]

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