U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman’s campaign staff ejected a Minnesota Independent reporter (that would be me) from a press conference at campaign headquarters Wednesday afternoon. I made it as far as the inside of a small press conference room at a drab office park in St. Paul where I was just about to settle into the chair that seemed least conveniently located to the exit when a staffer asked who I was with. When I said the Minnesota Independent, he said I’d have to leave. To my protest that MnIndy is a news outlet like others represented there, the staffer replied, “Right, and it’s funded by George Soros,” and he escorted me out. It’s the fourth time local independent media have been denied access to the senator’s media availability. Video (think Blair Witch Project in the most boring office interior on Earth) after the jump. Spoiler alert: Norm’s door is extremely squeaky.













11 Comments »
Comment posted November 19, 2008 @ 5:20 pm
But I bet their little lapdog Brodkorb with M.D.E. was there front and center?
Comment posted November 19, 2008 @ 6:14 pm
Apparently, MnIndy’s reputation preceded him.
Comment posted November 20, 2008 @ 9:46 am
I didn’t know the MNIndy had any reporters left on staff after all the firings.
Comment posted November 20, 2008 @ 11:56 am
The door you get booted out of always sounds squeaky.
Comment posted November 20, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
Well, given what your former colleagues have been saying from under the bus, why would you be surprised or shocked?
Comment posted November 20, 2008 @ 7:43 pm
They keep kicking me out of the operating rooms at North Memorial, even though I insist I’m a doctor and even dress in real scrubs and have a really snazzy stethoscope around my neck…
It’s an outrage.
Comment posted November 21, 2008 @ 8:12 am
So it begs the question: does George Soros really support the MNIndy???
If not, I think you owe the public some repudiation of those allegations from the right wingers….
Fact check!!! Fact Check!!
Of course, though, we all know George Sorso plays on both sides of the fence.
That’s the political fence i’m talking about….
He’s a “liburl” in sheeps clothing.
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The British financial oligarchy is desperately committed to
completely annihilating all forms of sovereign nation-states
from our planet, most importantly, the United States, and
George Soros is their chosen hit-man to accomplish the task.
Directly, on behalf of the city of London, George Soros, with
the aid of his puppet, Democratic National Committee Chairman
Howard Dean, bankrolled filthy operations against Hillary
Clinton’s Presidential primary campaign, to guarantee
that no policies which reflect a revival of Franklin Roosevelt’s
commitment to the lower 80% of family income brackets take
hold in the White House after January 2009. Soros is no new
comer to the world of criminal activity. According to former
associates and published reports he was handed his start-up
money by Baron Edmond de Rothschild’s right-hand man,
George Karlweiss, who also launched the career of fugitive
narcotics-trafficker Robert Vesco. Since then, Soros has been
involved in various vicious operations, under the direction of
the British Empire, such as financial speculative warfare to
destroy national currencies, pushing murderous, “useless
eater” euthanasia policies, and massively financing international
campaigns for the legalization of drugs. But of course,
the disgraceful character of George Soros is not solely attributable
to himself, but rather, it was partially generated by his
handlers during his formative adolescent years: the Nazis.
Comment posted November 21, 2008 @ 8:46 am
We have received funds from the Open Society Institute, a Soros organization. All our funders are listed here.
Comment posted November 21, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Interesting list Paul. Have you ever done a search on the history of these foundations and what they have supported in the past???
Comment posted November 21, 2008 @ 10:41 pm
What could it possibly matter, who “supports” the MnIndi?
Are people kicking Faux “News” out of press availabilities, because it’s “supported” by Rupert Murdoch? Get real, kicking reporters out of press conferences only shows that you have something you are (trying to) hide — besides your disdain for a free press, that is.
On second thought, the fact that you know their reporting may be biased, is a GREAT reason to start kicking Faux crews out of press conferences!
Comment posted November 23, 2008 @ 10:45 am
So much for the much vaunted “freedom of the press” in the USA. I guess it’s only “free” if you’re funded by people that agree with the senator, rather than not?
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