In case you didn't see this...
Star Tribune Letters form Readers 11/11/05
DEAN ZIMMERMANN
Bushwhacked by media
The media collectively should hang their heads in shame for the manner in
which they effectively rendered illegitimate the democratic process here in
Minneapolis.
The FBI raid on the home of Minneapolis City Council Member Dean
Zimmermann, the allegations of bribery and the history of political
corruption in Minneapolis City Hall were reported in detail. But the media
failed to follow through with the same furor when no charges were ever
filed against Zimmermann, who lost his reelection bid last week by just 46
votes.
This sort of slippery journalism amounts to little more than pure character
assassination. Your headlines established a public perception of Dean
Zimmermann that unjustly discredited him and tarnished his image.
RYAN SIMONSON, MINNEAPOLIS
Cut and paste from Annie Young
East Phillips
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