Comments on: JS implies Ardis, Brown supporters are racists

By: Local: Don’t hold your breath waiting for Journal Star editorial praising Ardis » Peoria Pundit

Sun, 11 May 2008 14:37:36 +0000

[...] about pandering to fear. That’s what they did in the months prior to the 2005 election when their editorials suggested Ardis and other essential-services-first candidates were racists. What fears were columnist Pam Adams pandering to when she suggested Ardis and at-large councilman [...]

By: Journal Star’s anti-Ardis campaign giving readers more to snicker at | Peoria Pundits

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:29:02 +0000

[...] to voters’ fears with his campaign ads, exactly what was the Journal Star doing when PJS editorials suggested Ardis and other essential services first candidates were racists? What fears was columnist Pam Adams pandering to when she suggested Ardis and at-large councilman [...]

By: Let the hatchet job on Spears begin » Peoria Pundit

Let the hatchet job on Spears begin » Peoria Pundit — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:11:22 +0000

[...] Bear in mind, however, that this is the same newspaper which, not two years ago, used its editorial page (with columnist Pam Adam’s help) to imply that those who opposed the paper’s slate of “progressive” candidates were racist. Fairness? This is the paper that told voters that Peoria City Council members Gary Sandberg and Barbara VanAuken would vote as a block … because she is his ex-wife. This is a newspaper whose editorials said that their choice for mayor of Peoria couldn’t be held responsible for rising crime, yet a year later makes noise about how the current mayor isn’t doing enough. [...]

By: Journal Star misleading? Then bring one the blogs … » Peoria Pundit

Journal Star misleading? Then bring one the blogs … » Peoria Pundit — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:29:05 +0000

[...] I don’t think that Molly has it out for anybody. But I do know that Journal Star reporters often complain about heavy-handed editing from above, and the newspaper is fond of running inaccurate and misleading editorials and columns that favor this city’s movers and shakers. It happened time and time again in the last election. There was even one that suggested that “essential services first” candidates were racists. [...]