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News And Observer Can’t Stop Campaigning For Dems

Posted on September 22, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Another day, ANOTHER News and Observer shill piece.
This one is supposed to look horrifying, look at the scary title!

“A hidden, drastic change in NC school funding”

A lot of the readers are nodding lemmings in the comment section. The main theme being “Evil GOP! Rabble Rabble! War on Education! Yarrrrrr!!!!”

A few saw through the bunk sales job.

Here’s one and it cuts right to the point on why this article is full of crap:

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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News and Observer’s John Frank Can’t Get Common Core Stories Right

Posted on June 25, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Another day, another News and Observer Common Core fiasco. John Frank has gotten really skilled at regurgitating talking points instead of actual reporting. I could pick this latest attempt down line by line, but frankly I don’t have the time to waste. I will hit highlights instead. This section bothered me: Continue reading →

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Why Did News And Observer Pull This Article?

Posted on June 11, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

I’ve been asking for days. No reply.

Hi @newsobserver Why was this article pulled? Why can’t we see it? http://t.co/cpODQzxoc0 #NCPOL #StopCommonCore pic.twitter.com/vFpibR6g3T

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) June 11, 2014 Continue reading →

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NCSPIN Re-Runs N&O Op Ed Smearing Parents

Posted on June 8, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Another day, another N&O anonymous Op-ed smearing those who oppose Common Core. More Common Core Shutuppery from our media. Gotta love it.

You can read it at NCSPIN. I won’t send the traffic to the N&O. Here’s my response (below), which I also posted in the comments of the NCSPIN piece.

I’ve added some hyperlinks where relevant.
Begin Comment:

Another Anonymous N&O Op ed likely written by the Chamber of Commerce for them in which they demonize parents, students and teachers who see the Common Core for what it is: a flawed set of experimental standards.

MEMO TO N&O: This isn’t Right or Left. This isn’t the Tea Party. One of my friends involved in this is as Liberal as they come and she LOATHES Common Core. This movement includes people from all walks of life and ideologies and we’re sick of our own news outlets smearing us.

Let me know how that “tea party is racist” label you are attempting to put on your readership works out for ya?

KEEP READING Continue reading →

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NCGA Dem Senator’s Aide Goes On Bigoted Rant

Posted on May 12, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The News and Observer ran an article on May 10th entitled, Sen. Phil Berger, self-made and self-certain, is likely the most powerful politician in NC. The article profiled the Senator and highlighted his background and rise as Senate President Pro Tem. The article itself isn’t what caught people’s eye, but a rather inappropriate and at times bigoted rant in the comments by an aide to another NC General Assembly Senator.
That aide is Vicki Spears and she’s the legislative assistant to Senator Michael Walters, who serves the 13th district.

Below are the comments she made on the above mentioned article. In them, Ms. Spears calls Republicans ‘ignorant’, ‘evil’, ‘racist’ and lauds North Carolina as a ‘progressive’ state. She even throws in some Koch brothers at the end as proof of outside spending. Clearly, Ms. Spears is unaware of the barrels of Democrat Dark Money pouring in for Kay Hagan. Ms. Spears also launches an assault on another commenter with the line, “You must be a white old man like the idiot repubs in public office.”
Charming. Continue reading →

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Sen. Tillman Calls Out N&O’s Common Core ‘Liberal Fluff’

Posted on April 29, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

I applaud the efforts by the NC General Assembly’s Common Core Legislative Research Committee. They are righting a wrong in stopping the experiment that is Common Core in North Carolina.
On that same note, I applaud Senator Tillman for calling out our local media’s bias on Common Core. From his latest news letter: Continue reading →

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