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amborin

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:04 PM Oct 2012

Penn Newspaper Owned by Right-Winger Falsely Tells Voters They Need ID [View all]

Pennsylvania Newspaper Owned By Top Right-Wing Funder Falsely Claims ID Is Required To Vote

By Ian Millhiser posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Oct 22, 2012 at 9:00 am

The Mount Pleasant Journal is one of several newspapers run by Trib Total Media, a media conglomerate owned by billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife. Scaife’s foundation donated hundreds of millions of dollars to conservative organizations ranging from the American Enterprise Institution to the Federalist Society, and he currently serves as vice-chairman of the right-wing Heritage Foundation’s board of trustees.

http://thinkprogress.org/

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Needs JustAnotherGen Oct 2012 #1
He should be sued for fraud. TPaine7 Oct 2012 #2
That's what I've been thinking too Politicalboi Oct 2012 #4
Link to article BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #3
Maybe that will convince some Republicans who don't have ID not to MineralMan Oct 2012 #5
Look on the bright side tech3149 Oct 2012 #6
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