Posted on 02/14/2020 10:17:02 AM PST by bitt
KONKOL COMMENTARY: The Sun-Times didn't just endorse Kim Foxx's reelection bid. Its owners donated $750,000 to her campaign since September.
The investigation into whether any individuals within the Cook County State's Attorney's Kim Foxx's office engaged in any wrongdoing in connection with the Smollett investigation continues, according to special prosecutor Dan Webb. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford File)
CHICAGO — It seemed strange enough the Sun-Times editorial board on Monday "strongly" endorsed Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx for a second term, telling voters to spare her the "injustice" of letting a "single high-profile mistake ... overshadow her accomplishments."
Foxx's "single" flub, of course, was cutting a deal to drop felony charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who police say faked a hate crime last year, and misleading the public about recusing herself from the case, among other things.
By Tuesday afternoon, the paper's early support of Foxx's re-election bid grew even more shocking when word got out that special prosecutor Dan Webb obtained an indictment of Smollett on six new charges related to filing false reports that he was the victim of a homophobic hate crime, and said the investigation to determine whether "any person or office involved in the Smollett case engaged in wrongdoing" continues.
Until you follow the money, that is.
What the paper doesn't tell readers is that members of the Sun-Times ownership team, who rightfully wield influence over editorial board decisions, also play a significant role in bankrolling Foxx's campaign.
Online, the Sun-Times includes a footnote about its "civic-minded and, in some cases, politically active investors" that suggests to readers that if they want to learn more they can search campaign records themselves.
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Doesn’t this affirmative-action pandering get old? The woman is so obviously unqualified for ANYTHING!!!
If Chicago weren’t intractably corrupt, it wouldn’t be Chicago.
Another Freeper calls it Chicongo.
750K is not chump change in a race for an office like prosecutor.
The “Sun Times” is Chicago’s version of the “New York Daily News”.
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