If you notice the prior story, the Bjorkman Campaign added Tom Lawrence to their payroll on May 30th. I know I (and others) were wondering if it was newspaper columnist Tom Lawrence, which apparently is correct:
Our popular Tuesday Viewpoints columnist Tom Lawrence will not appear in the American News for at least the next several months.
His opinion column is on hiatus while he works for a political campaign in South Dakota.
As a freelance writer — not an American News employee, but an independent contractor — Tom is free to do what he wants. His good journalism ethics and instincts led him to telling me about his new role, and the potential of the appearance of conflict that could arise.
I missed that blurb back in June, but now we know.
And here’s Tom on the job at the Dakotafest debate (Right hand side, in front of sleeping child). Seeing a lot more Dusty orange here than Bjorkman supporters:
More FAKE NEWS media being exposed as partisan Democrats.
Kevin Wooster writing big campaign checks to Democrats too.
Reporters are bunch liberal hacks parading around like we should care what they say.
Trump is right
Ortley your idea of a reputable new source is RT Russia Today?
it’s the worst kept secret ever lol
FAKE NEWS!
reporters are just liberals in sheep’s clothing
sad
can we now go back and retract all those fake stories that Lawrence wrote as a “fair and balanced” reporter?
what a joke
where was that printed?
Dusty supporters are wearing Orange and Russian Agent Maria Butina is probably wearing Orange too now.
What color is Debbie Blabbermouth Schultz and her Pakastani IT guy wearing?
Not as bad as selling our country and allies out to Russia. Party over country? Try Country over Party!!!!!
It’s going to be interesting watching Trump/Putin2020 making his campaign stop for Dusty and Kristi here in South Dakota. Thune in Russia on July 4th.
And USD and Sioux Falls schools and Obama officials and more. Weak sauce.
Hey! That’s not a foxy, scarlet-haired Russian. That’s my wife!
Is there even 100 people at this “debate”….
Tom has always been a strong Democrat and very partisan liberal. His reporting helped the Democrats in South Dakota.
Same with Kevin Woster. Same with Dave Kranz. Same with Chuck Rausch. Jack Marsh was brought to South Dakota from New York to promote liberals.
They all want to support the liberal cause and use their “reporting” to do so. This is why Trump calls it Fake News and everyone knows what he’s talking about.
Lawrence is a newspaper columnist not a newspaper reporter. Those are two HIGHLY different positions! Columnists write opinions…
Lawrence is a liberal activist not a newspaper reporter. Those are two HIGHLY different positions! Activists push their agenda…
I am a big supporter of 4th Estate (Free Press) as a critical component of a free society. With such Constitutional protection and privilege, there are responsibilities the press is failing to perform as needed.
For the reason stated above, I think the columnist is a position that needs to go the way of the buggy whip. Just not needed anymore. With the internet, we can do our own research and put facts in context and perspective. We don’t need some guy at the newspaper doing it for us. We need them to put the time and effort into getting the facts.
BTW, Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow are not journalists performing necessary duties associated with being part of the 4th Estate and a Free Press. They are American citizens expressing themselves under the Free Speech protection and privileges. There is a big difference.
For this reason, I think there is a big opportunity for a newstation which had more news programming during the evening and less commentary.
Like the model set up by Sinclair Broadcasting Group?
Not even close to Sinclair which is similar to Fox, MSNBC and CNN (light on news and heavy on commentary).
I’d like to see a station with four hours of news:
First hour summary of news to come:
Second hour policy and political news (no commentary, just the news of the day)
Third hour economic news
Fourth hour world news.
No commentary ever, analysis is thoughtful and confined to a narrow subject (e.g. in world news, there is a big development in Iran and analysts help us navigate its relevance/significance).
I’m worn out by the Maddow/Hannity/Cooper model of constently telling me what I should think about something.
who’s cooper?
Don’t know if you are being facetious but
Anderson Vanderbilt Cooper. White hair, vacant blue eyes.
Be careful on the internet and “doing our own research.” While it would be great if, in a perfect world, people actually researched things instead of retreating to echo chambers in exactly the same manner they do with cable TV, there isn’t a lot of reason to believe that is what happens. Plus, the use of proxies and dupe accounts on the internet is making bs easier to peddle to large swaths of people. At least with news stations, there is someone to hold clearly accountable for reporting nonsense.
9:15,
I stand by my view:
1) There is very little evidence of the 4th Estate exercising their Constitutionally protected mandate to provide news and information to the public. Their is excessive evidence of people and entities under the guise of being journalists and news organizations exercising the Constitutional Right to Free Speech.
2) I think the public is hungry for more news and less babble from the likes of Rachel and Sean creating a market opportunity for a new (or retro) news model.
3) I think in general the public desires what is best for our country and is more than capable to discern (over-time) what is reliable information. They just need more experience in these new and turbulent times grasping there isn’t a Cronkite.
1) Yeah, I don’t necessarily disagree. I just don’t think the internet is a panacea for this problem. In fact, I think it has been the exact opposite.
2) I think you are projecting here. Maybe YOU feel that way. I know I do. But the advent of a new tribalism in American politics has fed the trash peddlers like Maddow and Hannity more than ever before. Fox News and MSNBC, the most blatant peddlers of garbage, have higher ratings than ever.
3) I think the general public first wants to be right, and then thinks they are right about what is good for this country. In that order.
like Breitbart, Sputnik, INFOWARS & Dakota Free Press?
This is precisely my point. The internet is just as bad, and likely much, much worse, than the cable network news alternative.
1) Every new paradigm brings at first chaos starting with the printing press.
2) I think human’s are endowed with a longing for Truth. And, history repeats itself. We went through almost the exact thing in the newspaper war between the yellow journalists Hearst and Pulitzer in the last 1890’s through the early 1900’s. And, during that period those two yahoos sold multiple editions a day to feed the frenzy. And, then the people wised up and both of those papers disappeared. The only reason Pulitzer has a positive reputation is he gave his fortune to promote honest news. But, in life he as a yellow journalist through and through.
3) I think humans are endowed with a desire for the Truth and doing Good.