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Media Bias | Missouri Political News Service - Part 9

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Rasmussen in a Nutshell: Newspapers Doomed

April 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Rasmussen Reports: 61% Are Confident Online and Other Sources Can Replace Newspapers Rasmussen Reports: 37% Support Government Subsidies To Keep Newspapers Going

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Cantanese Gets a “D” for Drive By Reporting

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Since it seems Mr. Cantanese is going to continue with his weekly asinine grading system for Governor Nixon, we’d like to offer our own grade of Canatnese’s recent poor reporting. Last Friday, he reported on a Missouri Senate poll conducted by a very reputable polling firm out Oklahoma, Wilson Research Strategies. In the poll, WRS […]

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Tags: Media Bias · Rep. Roy Blunt · Sarah Steelman

Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel!

March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

MOPNS 3/18/09: “We’ll have to wait and see if Jay’s benevolence to Branson (hmmm. Southwest Missouri?) will warrant an A grade next week from adoring KY3 reporter Dave Cantanese. The governor gets credit for restoring money he originally cut? Give us a break!” NIXON’S WEEK 10 GRADE: B Governor Nixon took his spring break week […]

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Tony Messenger Scolded by Colleague: “Reporters – While on the Job – Must Leave It to the Jury to Determine Who Is, Indeed, a Victim”

March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Loyal readers of MOPNS know that we have always been a little suspect of “Baghdad” Tony Messenger’s reporting skills. But who are we? We’re just a bunch of bloggers in our pajamas giving our humble opinions! Well it seems a fellow colleague is calling “Baghdad” out on his often careless reporting, in particular, his choice […]

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Media Fawns Over Nixon Restoring Tourism Dollars

March 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Is it it just us? It seems that whenever Jay talks about the borrowed stimulus money, he sounds like a crack head who would sell his own kids – just to get one more fix: “I just don’t understand the argument against using every last federal dollar available.” We guess it’s hard to understand fiscal […]

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MO Highway Patrol: “Pro-Lifers, Anti-Tax Activists, Ron Paul Supporters; Potential Domestic Trouble Makers”

March 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Disturbing email we received over the weekend from a reader. And of course, the mainstream media is ignoring this controversy: Hi Scooter, You’ve probably already seen this by now – but I’m attaching some internal documents from the MO Information Analysis Center, anyway. They were apparently leaked by an officer (I can’t confirm that – […]

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Turnabout is Fair Play

March 9th, 2009 · No Comments

To use “Hip Hop Republican” language, several reporters got the “script flipped” on them last week. There is an opinion among many that most reporters are nothing more than weasels and bottom feeders who lurk behind every corner trying to embarrass politicians and prominent people. Before the new media, they enjoyed an immunity from criticism […]

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You know It’s Bad When….

March 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Is Mr. Ave reading the handwriting on the wall? “Christopher is hoping everyone who reads this will go out and buy a newspaper, while you still can.“ – Feb 26th Facebook status for STL Post Dispatch political editor Christopher Ave Related: Rasmussen: Online News Sources Seen As Reliable As Local Papers Rasmussen: 30% Read Local […]

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Political Fix is a Day Late/Dollar Short…Again

February 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Jake, where have you been??? We’ve been reporting on Gephardt’s lobbying for “big coal” for months now! Oh, we forgot. You had to rely on a “report” before you and your editors at the Post Dispatch felt comfortable enough to criticize Mr. Gephardt. What were we thinking!  By Jake Wagman “Former St. Louis Congressman Dick […]

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“Missour-EE? Missour-AH?” Is This Their Idea of Serious Journalism?

February 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Its great to see that their is still at least one journalist in Missouri still trying to uphold the credibility of their profession by asking the tough questions that many around ‘Missour-EE? Missour-AH’ are starting to ask. Springfield News Leader reporter/blogger Chad Livengood writes about the serious conflicts of interest between Linda Martinez, Monsanto, Chuck […]

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