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Rob Kailey is a working schmuck with no ties or affiliations to any governmental or political organizations, save those of sympathy.
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Sun Nov 15, 2009 at 23:11:04 PM MST
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| Nightline, one of the largest, most influential national news programs in America, is famous for it's investigative journalism and standard of reporting. Recently, Nightline featured this story called "The Art of the Shakedown" featuring the Bozeman, Montana prostitution ring. The Montana story starts at -03:45.
But listen to what they say at -03:02
"but in the midst of an FBI investigation into political figures and a potential prostitution ring the boyfriend broke off the affair."
An FBI investigation into prostitution involving prostitution among politicians in Motnana and there isn't even a single mention in the Montana press? If that's the editorial policy of these papers, shouldn't we be concerned about what other major stories aren't being written (or rather printed)?
I'm not a lawyer, but it seems like under Montana open record laws the entire court transcript from this case would be available to anyone who asked--and I'm sure there are reporters out there who wanted to look into this. In a free society, the press should air on the side of getting the story out rather than worrying about offending politicians as long as they are sticking to the facts.
I first wrote about this a few months back after a former prosecutor I know told me that it was extraordinary to have the FBI look at a federal prostitution ring. It's also extraordinary to have the newspaper owners and editors suppress the story. |
| Montana Cowgirl :: Political Link to Bozeman Prostitution Ring Makes National News, but Gets No Local Coverage?? |
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