Update Your Scorecards
By Mitch Berg
Three weeks ago, Shot In The Dark showed you that “Alliance For A Better Minnesota”, which has been funding the avalanche of anti-Emmer attack ads, is an astroturf group funded by the Dayton family and their friends, relatives and cronies (60%, give or take) and the unions (around 40%).
Today, Pat Kessler’s “Reality Check” on WCCO does the same.
August 5th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
“Including an eye-popping $250,000 from the teacher’s union Education Minnesota.”
Why isn’t this in the news?
August 5th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Give Kessler credit, I guess, for recognizing a story when it bites him in the ass. Apparently the other reporters who were bitten on the ass had their brains sucked out in the process.
August 5th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
It’ll be very interesting to see (a) how deeply Reality Check is buried in the program and (b) DFL Don’s demeanor before and afterthe clip.
August 10th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
[…] Lies? What Lies?: Factcheck.org determined that Alliance for a Better Minnesota’s entire ad campaign is essentially untrue. […]