I've glanced at some recent posts about suspicious Zogby polling numbers and thought it might be a good time to resurrect this little gem of a news story that happened in 2006 about a Toledo Blade reporter who suppressed a news story about the Tom Noe Coingate scandal that could have cost Bush the WH in 2004.
Last year he went to work for Zogby as their Director of Communications - a GOP "inside" guy on the job at Zogby. Just sayin'.
From Salon Magazine
Saving Ohio
Did a reporter with GOP ties suppress a story that could have cost Bush the White House?
Oct 6, 2005 | In April 2005, the Blade newspaper of Toledo, Ohio, began publishing a remarkable series of articles about a well-connected Republican donor, Tom Noe, chair of the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign for Lucas County, which encompasses Toledo. The Blade, which had won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 2004, discovered that Noe, a Toledo coin dealer, was investing $50 million for the state through the novel practice of coin speculation: buying and selling rare coins to turn a profit. Noe, the Blade revealed, could not account for $10 million to $13 million in the fund.
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But Bush's reelection may have been made possible by a Blade reporter with close ties to the Republican Party who reportedly knew about Noe's potential campaign violations in early 2004 but suppressed the story.
According to several knowledgeable sources, the Blade's chief political columnist, Fritz Wenzel, was told of Noe's potential campaign violations as early as January 2004. But according to Blade editors, Wenzel never gave the paper the all-important tip in early 2004.
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/10/06/ohio/index.htmlFritz Wenzel works for Zogby
http://www.heartlandpolitics.com/http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2007/211107_beat_hillary.htmOn behalf of all Ohioans, I apologize for the human garbage that keeps floating from this state into the halls of political power and influence.
On edit: I'm not defending any particular Dem candidate, just bringing this to light. Expect the same from Zogby and others for any Dem.