Comments on: Sorry Illinois, North Dakota is ‘more corrupt’ http://minnesotaindependent.com/19883/sorry-illinois-north-dakota-is-more-corrupt News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: MBerg http://minnesotaindependent.com/19883/sorry-illinois-north-dakota-is-more-corrupt/comment-page-1#comment-20544 MBerg Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:05:15 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=19883#comment-20544 You, not so much. The USA Today story pretty clearly implies "Illinois isn't so bad! Look at those red states!" Why else would a story whose context clearly shows ND is the <i>toughest</i> state on corruption lede with "North Dakota is <i>much more corrupt than Illinois</i>? You, not so much.

The USA Today story pretty clearly implies “Illinois isn’t so bad! Look at those red states!”

Why else would a story whose context clearly shows ND is the toughest state on corruption lede with “North Dakota is much more corrupt than Illinois?

]]> By: Paul Schmelzer http://minnesotaindependent.com/19883/sorry-illinois-north-dakota-is-more-corrupt/comment-page-1#comment-20537 Paul Schmelzer Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:32:20 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=19883#comment-20537 Not sure what you mean. Do you think we've been trying to defend Blagojevich? Not sure what you mean. Do you think we’ve been trying to defend Blagojevich?

]]> By: Mitch Berg http://minnesotaindependent.com/19883/sorry-illinois-north-dakota-is-more-corrupt/comment-page-1#comment-20521 Mitch Berg Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:24:22 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=19883#comment-20521 Wow. So even <i>Wonkette</i> is more honest, and pays more attention to context, than the rest of the leftymedia, who is so afroth trying to defend Democrats anywhere, anytime, from anything that they're even trying to spin Blagjevich? Wow. So even Wonkette is more honest, and pays more attention to context, than the rest of the leftymedia, who is so afroth trying to defend Democrats anywhere, anytime, from anything that they’re even trying to spin Blagjevich?

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