Were the Koch and Brodkorb resignations connected in, you know, THAT WAY? [View all]

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Everybody's talking about it, of course, except most of the media, and I think Brauer over at MinnPost does a good idea of looking at why:

http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2011/12/22/34030/should_the_media_report_brodkorb_rumors_in_koch_scandal

Meanwhile, on WCCO-TV’s “Sunday Morning,” host Esme Murphy asked Senate Deputy Majority Leader Geoff Michel point blank: Is that staffer Michael Brodkorb?

Michel’s answer likely provides some insight into why the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, MPR, Associated Press and MinnPost have not broached the subject: No one has confirmed it. “The law prohibits me from talking about any specific Senate employees or even former Senate employees," Michel replied. "So there’s a legal process that will surround that.”

I say “likely provides some insight” because the Strib, PiPress and MPR did not respond to an email asking for their thinking on rumor reporting; AP bureau chief Dave Pyle replied simply: “In this case, we’ll let our coverage speak for itself.”

I asked Chris Ison, a Pulitzer-winning former Star Tribune investigative reporter now teaching at the University of Minnesota, what he would do here.