A South Dakota Moderate

The AP is reporting that the libel suit against the Argus Leader by Dan Scott could hit the next milestone in the coming few weeks when a circuit judge should decide on whether it will proceed to trial.
A circuit judge says she might issue her decision within a couple of weeks in a libel lawsuit [...]

Seen any staged events lately?

I doubt Bill O’Reilly will be mentioning this anytime soon on his show on the “Fair and Balanced” network.

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The Argus Leader lost another round in the Dan Scott libel case brought against the paper by the Sioux Falls Development Foundation president over a column published last July.
A Minnehaha County judge Friday denied a motion by the Argus Leader to dismiss a libel lawsuit brought against it by Dan Scott, president of the Sioux [...]

I posted earlier on how the right is going ga ga over the fact that the Argus finally printed a review by Brent Lerseth of Daschle Vs. Thune: Anatomy of a High-Plains Senate Race by South Dakota Thune blogger Jon Lauck. Some are acting as if the blogosphere accomplished the impossible and literally forced the [...]

The hated liberally biased Argus Leader has finally printed their impartial review of the all time best selling book (tongue fully in cheek) Daschle Vs. Thune: Anatomy of a High-Plains Senate Race by South Dakota Thune blogger Jon Lauck.
Overall, Lauck’s book provides a worthwhile discussion of the 2004 race, the role of local media and [...]

Does this sound like sarcasm at first glance? Can you tell that it is parody?
Divisively arrogant: Dan Scott’s apologyBy Randell Beckemail address redactedPublished: July 15, 2007
News item: Dan Scott of the Sioux Falls Development Foundation, under fire for comments directed toward out-of-state lawmakers, has said his remarks were taken out of context.
Speaking at a June [...]

Work will be taking up most of my time this week so here are just a few quick items for you to browse through while I slave away in Sioux Falls and Watertown for the next few days.
Denise Ross discusses over at the Hog House blog what Tom Daschle has been up to lately including [...]

Just a quick follow up on the Cleveland Plain Dealer blogging project from yesterday. The Plain Dealer (yes Cory, from the home of your favorite candidate Dennis Kucinich) originally had hired 4 bloggers with varying political views to write unedited posts about Ohio politics similar to what I and 7 others are doing with KELO. [...]

As one of the 8 bloggers recruited by KELO TV for their political blog section, a story about a similar blogging project involving my hometown paper caught my eye. Like KELO, the Cleveland Plain Dealer recruited several local bloggers to participate in a co-operative political blog sponsored by the newspaper. Now of course that isn’t [...]

Liberalism has taken over all mainstream media if you were to listen to some of the conservatives out there but apparently Clear Channel didn’t get that memo. One memo that is circulating among the various Clear Channel classic rocks stations though is dictating that they do not play any of the new songs from Bruce [...]

Updated Below with new allegations (I use that term lightly).
As another “Lauckless” week goes by which included a weekend book signing in Sioux Falls, and as those on the right continue to go into to overload like a pack of wild dogs over the Argus Leader’s snubbing of the truly non-partisan (tongue firmly in cheek) [...]

The old adage that states there is a sucker born every minute is again proven true as Betty Casey, a noted philanthropist and supporter of the arts, paid $2.1 million for the so called “historic” Limbaugh smear letter (hopefully tax deductible). The letter was sent from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and 41 of his [...]