mercredi 28 janvier 2015

Indiana governor readies state-run media organization

Our pro-government shutdown, pro-Tea Party governor, who apparently has delusions of running for president, has decided to draw attention away from his reluctant acceptance of the ACA Medicaid Expansion by trying to launch his own taxpayer-funded news outlet:




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Gov. Mike Pence is starting a state-run taxpayer-funded news outlet that will make pre-written news stories available to Indiana media, as well as sometimes break news about his administration, according to documents obtained by The Indianapolis Star.



Pence is planning in late February to launch "Just IN," a website and news outlet that will feature stories and news releases written by state press secretaries and is being overseen by a former Indianapolis Star reporter, Bill McCleery.



"At times, Just IN will break news — publishing information ahead of any other news outlet. Strategies for determining how and when to give priority to such 'exclusive' coverage remain under discussion," according to a question-and-answer sheet distributed last week to communications directors for state agencies.



The Pence news outlet will take stories written by state communications directors and publish them on its website. Stories will "range from straightforward news to lighter features, including personality profiles."



Just once, it would be nice for Indiana to be in the news for something that's not an embarrassment.





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