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Chicago CBS Affiliate Demands That The GOP Candidate Stop Talking About Democrat Scandal
Flopping Aces ^ | 05-05-10 | Curt

Posted on 05/05/2010 4:58:11 PM PDT by Starman417

The Chicago way I suppose....in politics and in the media. Check out some of the stories the CBS station in Chicago did on the Abramoff story and his connections to the GOP a few years back.

DeLay Tried, Failed To Aid Abramoff Client

Vanity Fair: Bush Joked With Abramoff

GOP Politicians Dump Abramoff Donations

Top Lobbyist Abramoff Makes A Deal

In one story they write:

His ties to GOP congressional leaders and the White House pose a particular problem for Republicans.

More here.

All legitimate stories about a topic that should be covered by the media. But now a story about a Democrat candidate in Chicago and his dealings with a certain bank don't seem to create the same journalistic responsibility.

First, here is the story:

The family bank of Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias loaned a pair of Chicago crime figures about $20 million during a 14-month period when Giannoulias was a senior loan officer, according to a Tribune examination that provides new details about the bank's relationship with the convicted felons.

Broadway Bank had already lent millions to Michael Giorango when he and a new business partner, Demitri Stavropoulos, came to the bank in mid-2004. Although both men were preparing to serve federal prison terms, the bank embarked on a series of loans to them.

Read more at floppingaces.net...


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KEYWORDS: cbs; chicago; chicagocorruption; corruption; cultureofcorruption; democratcorruption; giannoulias

1 posted on 05/05/2010 4:58:12 PM PDT by Starman417
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To: Starman417

HYPOCRITES!


2 posted on 05/05/2010 5:01:51 PM PDT by rj45mis
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To: Starman417
Chicago CBS Affiliate Demands That The GOP Candidate Stop Talking About Democrat Scandal

Yeah...um...about that, or else what?? It's not like you're going to start making nice and stop headlining any possible real or manufactured scandal even remotely connected to the GOP.

3 posted on 05/05/2010 5:04:34 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Starman417

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It’s their outlet. They control the programming.

And now they are on record as to their partisan identity.

I kinda doubt anyone in their viewing area is surprised.


4 posted on 05/05/2010 5:11:13 PM PDT by Touch Not the Cat (Where is the light? Wonder if it's weeping somewhere...)
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To: Starman417
On an earlier thread about this I asked the question, and perhaps someone here can answer it:
When Senator Ryan ran against Obama, did this station run coverage of the Ryan divorce papers that were outed? What was their policy then?
I bet they covered it wall to wall.
5 posted on 05/05/2010 5:56:33 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: Starman417

Too bad his “republican” opponent is an extreme liberal for whom I will never vote.


6 posted on 05/05/2010 6:19:14 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (No Romney,No Mark Kirk (Illinois), not now, not ever!)
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