Pot Meet Kettle: Style Weekly vs Richmond Times Dispatch

That political news coverage in the state capitol by the Richmond Times Dispatch has been woefully inadequate and painfully biased is no surprise to conservatives in the Old Dominion. I must admit to some satisfaction when they are taken to task for it.

I sense a bit of irony, though, when the expose` comes from hard-to-the-left Style Weekly, a paper that has devoted a lot of ink to the personnel and internal maneuverings of the RTD.

July 11, 2007
Times-Dispatch Suspends Two for Political Donations
by Amy Biegelsen

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch has suspended a reporter and a copy editor for making political donations, a breach of the paper’s code of ethics.

The suspensions followed an MSNBC.com story in June naming Michael Hardy, a Times-Dispatch statehouse reporter, and Pam Mastropaolo, a copy editor, among 143 media professionals from across the country who gave cash to political candidates and parties.

Hardy gave $1,000 in February 2006 to Matt Brown, who was running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island. Brown pulled out of the race two months later after a fundraising controversy.

Mastropaolo gave $1,650 to the Democratic Party of Virginia in February 2007 and $1,165 in February 2006.