16 Day Deadline! We move News at the Speed of Covered Wagons!

I can not let this pass. On April 7, 2006 the Wall Street Journal published a front page article on our own Congressman, Alan B. Mollohan. The following day April 8, The New York Times had a front page, above the fold, article on our congressman. All concerning the violation of ethics charges made against him, the co-chairman of the Ethics Committe in the House of Representatives.

Sixteen days later, the Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram gets around to writing their first editorial concerning the allegations. The paper did carry a small number of Associated Press stories in the last two weeks, but, and let's be careful here, the news story they did on Sunday's front page ("Vandalia CEO mulls lawsuit amid allegations") was not much more than a "let's circle the wagons" effort for Laura Kuhns to explain that she did nothing wrong as CEO of Vandalia. It adds nothing in the way of news that was not all ready covered in other news stories. In fact, the story liberally quotes from other newspapers. It is interesting that the headline references mulling a "lawsuit amid allegations". The story doesn't discuss that. You can read the article without understanding what she plans to sue over. In my reading of the outside-Clarksburg news sources no one has accused her of anything criminal. Does she protest too much?