{"id":85022,"date":"2023-04-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85022"},"modified":"2023-04-27T14:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T19:23:26","slug":"the-show-trial-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85022","title":{"rendered":"The Show Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earlier this week, we pointed out something that, after thirty years of the worthless Steve Sack, I thought I&#8217;d never need to:  A <em>Strib <\/em>&#8220;editorial cartoonist&#8221; actually causing consternation on both sides of the aisle.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Thompson seemed to me to be a huge improvement over Sack&#8217;s flaccid, entitled, completely  predictable drivel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From Star Tribune Opinion&#39;s new editorial cartoonist, Mike Thompson: It&#39;s a bit noisy in Minneapolis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MJ7cPrKJlG\">pic.twitter.com\/MJ7cPrKJlG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Star Tribune Opinion (@StribOpinion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StribOpinion\/status\/1649933867757731841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I ended the piece earlier this week by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85008\">predicting there would be consequences<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Of course <\/em>I was right.   Publisher Steve Grove &#8211; a man who has never many pretense of being independent of the DFL &#8211; issued the first of what I suspect will be many <em>mea culpas<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve been talking a lot with readers &amp; community members about the cartoon the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StribOpinion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StribOpinion<\/a> published Sunday &amp; wanted to share my thoughts here.<br><br>You can hear more in the story on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarTribune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StarTribune<\/a> below. We&#39;ll work to do better, thank you for your feedback \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nJJ7eMlDPl\">https:\/\/t.co\/nJJ7eMlDPl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TCZPTzKUsT\">pic.twitter.com\/TCZPTzKUsT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Steve Grove (@grove) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grove\/status\/1651381637920313344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The  <em>least <\/em>sinister interpretation: after 30 years of publishing, Steve Sack\u2019s thud-witted, one-sided, uncreative drivel, <em>of course<\/em> The Strib becomes \u201caccountable to the community\u201c after publishing one cartoon that roils their publisher\u2019s cocktail buddies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most sinister?  The DFL directly controls what the state&#8217;s most powerful news outlet presents, and how.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;re <em>already <\/em>trying to avoid getting a ding on their Minnesota social credit scores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More on that tomorrow and, most likey, on the show Saturday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, we pointed out something that, after thirty years of the worthless Steve Sack, I thought I&#8217;d never need to: A Strib &#8220;editorial cartoonist&#8221; actually causing consternation on both sides of the aisle. 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