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MORE SLOPPY REPORTING FROM MINNESOTA MONITOR
By Michael B. Brodkorb | June 17, 2007
If you visited Minnesota Monitor in the last 24 hours, you would see a post on the front page titled "Bachmann Personal Financial Report Still Not Available." The post, written by the notoriously sloppy and inaccurate blogger Jeff Fecke, makes the claim that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has not filed her legally required Personal Financial Disclosure Report (PFD).
"The Personal Financial Report for Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., was still unavailable Saturday morning, one day after the House deadline for filing reports.
Bachmann was not one of the 385 representatives to file a report, nor was she one of the 52 to request an extension, according to Congressional Quarterly." Source: Minnesota Monitor, June 16, 2007
The reality is that Bachmann's PFD is available online. Contrary to the reporting of Minnesota Monitor, Bachmann's PFD report has been filed.
This is the second post that Fecke has written in the last 24 hours that will need to be corrected. Earlier today, Fecke wrote that Congressman Tim Walz's PFD listed two credit card debts, when Walz's PFD actually listed three credit card debts. Fecke's oversight did move Walz's debt below the level of Congressman Ramstad, who Fecke claimed had the most credit card debt. Fecke corrected the post after I pointed out his error.
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June 17th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
That’s sloppy ‘reporting’ alright. All Fecke had to do was talk to me about it & I would’ve sent him this link from the June 14th edition of the SC Times.
PS- GREAT SHOW yesterday, especially the interview with Gov. Pawlenty. You & King deserve high marks for that interview!!!
June 17th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
He’s a liberal. Of course he’s a liar. You can’t trust Democrats any farther than you can throw them. That shouldn’t stop us from trying to throw them, however.
June 17th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
If I recall, Feckless Jeff, lying dirt bag, has been among the most rabid at twisting the truth and commenting on this blog re: Michael’s posts.
Of course, his chief credential is that he is a liberal. And all liberals are unethical liars. So, I guess at least Feckless Jeff is demonstrating his qualifications.
June 18th, 2007 at 6:00 am
They don’t call him “Feckless Jeff” for nothing!
June 18th, 2007 at 8:39 am
It’s apparent that finding dirt on Michele is virtually impossible. In that case I guess MM just makes it up. Doesn’t do much for the credibility of the blogosphere.
Did I hear a rumor the leftists are possibly going to try and plug in another candidate to challenge Michele?
June 18th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Can’t wait to see what Eric Black writes there. Feh(ke).
June 18th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Drew, the big dirt on Michelle is that she’s — gasp — a Christian. Liberals hate that.
June 18th, 2007 at 9:09 am
[...] UPDATE: Another NARN colleague, Michael Brodkorb at MDE, notes that Jeff has moved from petty defamation (no, not in a legal sense, yadda yadda) back to his usual turf, crummy reporting: If you visited Minnesota Monitor in the last 24 hours, you would see a post on the front page titled “Bachmann Personal Financial Report Still Not Available.” The post, written by the notoriously sloppy and inaccurate blogger Jeff Fecke, makes the claim that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has not filed her legally required Personal Financial Disclosure Report (PFD).  “The Personal Financial Report for Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., was still unavailable Saturday morning, one day after the House deadline for filing reports. [...]