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Spin Control archive for April 17, 2008

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008

Apple hammered by PDC

Brought to you with an assist from Olympia Bureau Chief Rich RoeslerSpokane City Councilman Bob Apple was fined $4,200 – the maximum under the state’s disclosure law – for failing to file spending records from last year’s re-election campaign.The state Public Disclosure Commission Thursday ruled…

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Debate taking hits

ABC's presidential debate on Wednesday night is getting panned by various journalism sources, such as Editor & Publisher and Columbia Journalism Review, some liberal blogs and The Washington Post. It's also drawing boos from MoveOn.Org, the liberal political activist organization, which has already put together…

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