September 28th 2008
Media Bias #76
AP Digs Deep, Finds A Spa Trip
“AP Investigation,” screamed the AP headline, “Palin got zoning aid, gifts!” Oh boy! Finally, the fruit of the great labor of AP’s army of investigative reporters that have been poring over all things Palin in the North Star State. Here’s what they found:
- - She got the city to sign off on a zoning exception
- - They found a thank you note to a spa for a free “awesome facial”
- - Somebody sent her some flowers
- - She got a friend on the program for a local event … and then he encouraged the audience to advertise on his radio station!!!!! (I’m not sure if that’s enough exclamation marks or not)
- - She tried to refund some development fees to a guy who was doing a small real estate development, but the City Attorney told her she didn’t have the authority.
All in all, sez AP, “in her years as mayor she and her friends received special benefits more typical of small-town politics as usual,” than what we would expect “‘from a pit bull fighting good old boy politics.” Of course, Palin had not yet adopted hat particular persona; that came upon her appointment to the Oil and Gas Commission. And from my read of the article, AP broke no rules. The city apparently did not have rules against gifts of that size.
Just to be fair, I did a couple searches at AP.org.
- - Obama Michelle earmark- no hits. AP apparently has not done a big investigation into Obama’s securing via an earmark for Michelle’s employer, whereupon her salary was tripled.
- - Biden son bank – two unrelated hits. AP apparently isn’t an equal opportunity VP-smearer, having avoided covering this little scandal of preference towards a senator’s son.
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