Friday, July 25, 2008

Amy Peterman and the Detroit "Free" Press - a Match Made in Hell

Gotta love the Detroit "Free" Press. Leave it to them to endorse Amy Peterman (a mother who believes that the violent sexual abuse of a five year old is "not a violent crime"). I find it just a bit suspicious that this is the same paper who reported on Ms. Peterman's assertion that a babysitter who commits violent sexual abuse (see post below on the definition of this crime) on a five year old child under his supervision has committed "no violent crime" in Ms. Peterman's words (link to the original Free Press story).
As I see it, there must be one of two things at work here (or both):
  • Either the Free Press just blindly endorsed Peterman without so much as searching the internet or THEIR OWN ARCHIVES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD to see what Amy Peterman REALLY stands for and what she is really about (namely, firmly asserting, to the shock of all involved in the case, that violent sexual abuse of a 5 year old child is not a violent crime). Those guys at the Free Press really earn their paychecks with the quality journalism they produce. Who needs research, right? Guess they figure their readers won't know the difference.
  • OR, the Free Press knew full well about Amy Peterman's previous role in a horrific child sex abuse scandal, and ENDORSED HER ANYWAY. I don't know about you, but I'd rather read a paper whose journalists are dumb than read one whose journalists are CORRUPT. I wonder how much an endorsement from the Free Press costs nowadays.
The icing on the cake for me was when the "Free" Press, in the story quoted above (link) endorsing Peterman, chose to censor out my comments questioning their endorsement of Peterman due to her checkered past. Gotta love a paper that calls itself the "Free" Press, but censors out any voices that question its opinions.
Of course the "Free" Press had no problem leaving up comments by others who voice their "respect" and "support" for Amy Peterman because of her role in the violent child sex abuse scandal. And the "Free" Press had no problem leaving up comments attacking other candidates in the 39th District State Representative race who were not mentioned anywhere in the "Free" Press' story or in any preceding comments.
Just goes to show you what the "Free" Press is all about. Censor the truth, perpetuate lies, and shill for your friends or those who pay you off.
Amy Peterman and the Detroit "Free" Press - they've both shown themselves to have the same amount of integrity (ZERO). I guess it's no wonder the "Free" Press endorsed her.

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