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15 April 2004 - 10:31 pm
Blatantly stolen from Romenesko:
Dems accuse GOP of punishing Post-Dispatch for editorial
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
House Republicans in Missouri voted Wednesday to repeal a sales tax exemption currently allowed for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. Democrats say the move is retaliation for Sunday's Post-Dispatch "House of Hypocrites" editorial that criticized some GOPers for cuts in Medicaid eligibility. The paper said: "Republicans argued that there just isn't enough money for the state to pay Medicaid and children's health insurance. The cost of their own state-paid coverage apparently didn't faze them."
Posted by on 15 April 2004 at 10:32 PM
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I love Romenesko! I've never known of a non-journalism person reading Poynter...
Posted by Rachel on 16 April 2004 - 10:15 AM
Journalists assessing journalism, what's not to like?
Also, everyone should read the P-D editorial linked in the article. In particular, the PDF link at the bottom of the article have a useful sidebar that didn't make it into the online version of the editorial. I just can't understand why anyone would want to take health insurance away from kids. And whoever came up with this angle at the P-D is a genius.
Posted by david on 16 April 2004 - 1:15 PM
I was shocked when I heard this story on NPR last week. Who do thesse people think they are to play such games, and how little they must think of the voting population's intelligence.
Posted by rkc on 18 April 2004 - 5:20 PM
I couldn't agree with you more, Ron. It's crazy to cut medical insurance for children and even crazier to impose a tax on publications that expose you.
Posted by david on 20 April 2004 - 2:36 PM