Well, this certainly sheds light on the Pioneer Press's decidedly one-sided
reporting/editorializing in support of the Holman Field levee...
Erin Stojan
Dayton's Bluff
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/10705195.htm
Posted on Sat, Jan. 22, 2005
Lantry says paper has conflict of interest
Levee called beneficial to Pioneer Press
BY ROBERT INGRASSIA
Pioneer Press
An opponent of a proposed levee at the St. Paul Downtown Airport criticized the
Pioneer Press editorial board Friday for failing to disclose that the newspaper
may benefit from the project.
City Council President Kathy Lantry, portrayed negatively in Pioneer Press
editorials in recent weeks for voting against city levee funding, said
editorial writers should have noted the dike would protect a road and railroad
line serving the paper's printing plant.
"Conflict of interest is a perception issue," said Lantry, whose 7th Ward
includes neighborhoods that have been critical of airport expansion plans that
the levee would make possible. "If it's not a conflict, then get the facts out
there and let people decide for themselves."
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Erin Stojan
Dayton's Bluff, Ward 7
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