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The Helena IR is not known for its editorial page excellence. After reading Pogie’s analysis of the IR’s city council endorsements here, I can’t resist adding a couple of points. It’s hard to get information about city council races, which … . . . → Read More: Helena IR Kowtows to the Chamber of Commerce, at the Expense of Credibility You know when you have to go to the hospital that it isn’t going be cheap, but what you probably didn’t know that hospitals charge the highest prices to those who can least afford it. That’s why it’s so great … . . . → Read More: This is Why Young Women Rock For a corporation that is on the verge of going bankrupt, you’d think Lee Enterprises might see value in a bit of sexy adversarial journalism, looking at the role of the largest corporation on earth in the worst oil … . . . → Read More: Gazette, Missoulian, IR-Standard, All Acting Like the Oil Spill Never Happened In an article about media bias in Montana last election cycle, Montana reporters (and the only political scientist whose phone number they have memorized, Craig Wilson), said that media bias doesn’t exist at the local level and is rather … . . . → Read More: The Most Biased Name in MT News An article in this weekend’s Helena Independent Record reports on Denny Rehberg’s urgent call to eliminate and expose all earmarks. In the article, Rehberg is seen puffing his chest about evils of earmarks, the need to eliminate them, and the … . . . → Read More: Helena IR Lets Rehberg Off the Hook Again Want to be an informed voter and responsible citizen by reading information about candidates and elections, but find that your address ends with the words Helena, MT (the capitol city, yet paradoxically the black hole of any political news and … . . . → Read More: U of M Students School the Helena IR After reading Pogie’s post over at Intelligent Discontent on what may be the worst editorial opinion ever, seriously, I ask for your views on whether this might also be a contender. It is, at any rate, very very weak.… . . . → Read More: So Weak Tea baggers are again in the news. The oddball, misspelled, and sometimes bigoted actions of these types probably make for higher ratings for the news outlets–and I do believe that people should know about these extremists. But the … . . . → Read More: The Best Kept Secret of 2010 Let’s play “fact or fiction” with the Helena IR. If you read the IR’s coverage of Dr. Miriam Grossman’s anti-sex education events this week, you probably found yourself wondering what was fact…and what was the IR doing its part … . . . → Read More: War on error
. . . → Read More: What is truly disgusting I don’t know what Helena IR ‘policy’ might be out there this time, but today’s paper came and went without a single mention of the one-year anniversary of the Rehberg boat wreck. No update on the legal and criminal trials … . . . → Read More: The IR isn’t off the hook yet How pathetic is it that the Helena Independent Record remains the top source of news for Montana’s capitol city?
They are ignoring the Congressional race, Rehberg’s anti-teacher vote, McDonald’s MEA-MFT endorsement, the GOP’s baseless attacks on the Helena School District,
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Since the mob known as “tea baggers” arrived on the political scene in Montana and across the nation a year ago, racism and hate speech have been at the center of their agenda. This was clearly on display in Montana …
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