In my most recent post I detailed how the Bluefield Daily Telegraph described Masey Energy CEO Don Blankenship as "non-political" despite his reputation and extensive evidence to the contrary. Even the New York Times got it right in a recent article about the West Virginia Supreme Court:
"Justice Benjamin, a Republican lawyer with no judicial experience, unseated a West Virginia Supreme Court justice in 2004 with the help of about $3 million in advertisements and other support from Don L. Blankenship, the chief executive officer of Massey Energy, a coal-mining company. Massey has its headquarters in Virginia, but the company says Mr. Blankenship has spent most of his life in West Virginia.
As far as Justice Starcher is concerned, “Now we have one justice who was bought by Don Blankenship.” "
I guess the Bluefield Daily Telegraph can claim that it was a typo, or maybe you have to report from New York to see how much the deep pockets of Big Coal still dictate the political culture of our state.
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