Good for Foster's

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- Runners at 1st Annual Rock 2 Rock 5 Mile Fun Run I dumped on my local paper, Foster's Daily Democrat, back on Wednesday for its uncritical coverage of a dinky protest in downtown Dover NH put on by a group called "CREDO", a left-wing organization run out of San Francisco. The protest was allegedly a non-partisan grassroots-activist gathering concerned with tax "fairness" to the middle class; in actuality, it was all about "taking down" our district's current Congressman, Frank Guinta.

Foster's redeemed itself somewhat with a Saturday editorial that revealed to its readers CREDO's not-particularly-grassy roots and partisan purpose. So good for them. Although it would have been nice had the original Foster's story had included at least some of this information.

Interesting paragraph:

Foster's asked some of the picketers to better explain the slogans on their signs. The response: We're just holding them.
Protesters unable to explain what their signs mean? Hm. I wonder if it was a rent-a-mob? (I note from a picture at the original article that at least three signs at the shindig had a telltale "SEIU"—Service Employees International Union—border.) Too late to find out now, I guess.

Last Modified 2012-04-26 3:49 PM EDT