by Phoenix Woman [courtesy of Firedoglake]

Last Monday I did a piece on how the AP has joined the local media in the Twin Cities in enabling a certain paid Republican operative and blogger named Michael Brodkorb, treating him as respectfully as they do Matt Drudge, even though (like Drudge) he's known for spewing bogosities. And like the national press, the Twin Cities press isn't as deferent to non-conservative bloggers; the same media that cites Brodkorb by name as an honest and "independent" source seem to suffer memory lapses where the contributions of lefty bloggers are concerned.

by Phoenix Woman [courtesy of Firedoglake]

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it. -- Upton Sinclair, on numerous occasions. This could be why it's so difficult to get accurate mainstream reporting on Republican activists nowadays.