Serving Up Snark Since 2005
From the category archives:
Whose job is it, I wonder to actually gather news?
Helena is experiencing a bit of a political storm as the former mayor and current director of the Helena Housing Authority, Colleen McCarthy, was recently put on leave by the HHA Board. In addition to two brief stories, the IR offered an editorial today called “Public [...]
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Far too late to matter, the Independent Record has issued an editorial condemning the last minute smear campaign that was waged against a few Montana Republican legislators during the primary. While the headline in this incoherent mess suggests that the tactics ought to backfire, the article suggests that voters should be smart enough to ignore [...]
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Every now and again, the story speaks for itself. From the Independent Record’s groundbreaking Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down editorial:
Thumbs down to questions raised in Sunday’s story about allegations that NorthWestern Energy has paid more in dividends to stockholders over the last two years than the company’s entire net earnings. If true, it makes one wonder [...]
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The University of Montana and the Students for Economic and Social Justice are continuing to recieve some attention in the state and in the social justice world - none of it makes the U of M look very good (the administration, that is).
Now the U of M administration is being accused of denying freedom of [...]
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Back when I was in college, I worked at the State Capitol giving tours of building. One lazy day, while I was waiting at my station, I happened to hear a local reporter interview a lobbyist about his position on a proposed mine. After the interview was complete, this “journalist” earnestly turned to the lobbyist [...]
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