Forged letters to congressman anger local groups

As U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello was considering how to vote on an important piece of climate change legislation in June, the freshman congressman’s office received at least six letters from two Charlottesville-based minority organizations voicing opposition to the measure.The letters, as it turns out, were forgeries. Full Story »

Posted by Beth Wellington - via Digg, Memeorandum

See All Reviews »

Review

Beth Wellington
4.1
by Beth Wellington - Aug. 4, 2009

I agree w. Kim about the writing style, however, this reporter broke the story (although one wonders why it took so long.) That is why I submitted it. I've included two links with more information. Hat tip to Sue Sturgis at ISS for finding them. Also a 2002 piece from the Baltimore Sun, which exposed Bonner's former antics. Unfortunately the Sun doesn't have a link up, so used Common Dreams archive. BaltSun ran only the AP story. In looking again today, came up w. Brian Angliss's piece in Scholars & Rogues which has a lot of links. (NT member Jeanne Roberts has also written for that source.)

See All Reviews »

Beth's Rating

Overall
4.1

Good
from 11 answers
Quality
4.2
Facts
5.0
Fairness
4.0
Sourcing
4.0
Style
3.0
Context
4.0
Depth
3.0
Enterprise
5.0
Relevance
5.0
Popularity
4.0
Recommendation
4.0
Credibility
4.0
More How our ratings work »