We'll never know if the election results would have been different if the Virginian Pilot (depicted in the blue pants in the photo) had not deliberately refused to print a story on Scott Rigell's ties to a registered anti-gay hate group. However, we can pretty safely figure out why the nasty rag of a newspaper killed the story: Rigell's dealerships under the Freedom Automotive umbrella spend big bucks advertising with the Pilot. The other possibility is that from my personal encounters with Frank Batten, Jr. - whose family controls the Pilot - Batten, in my opinion, is a far right Christian and likely drinks the same Kool-Aid as Rigell. It's disgusting and, in my opinion, is yet another example of bad political consequences resulting from journalistic malpractice and prostitution. The only good news is that the Pilot's circulation numbers continue to drop as more and more area residents realize that the only way to get accurate news coverage is via the Internet and papers from outside the area. Increasingly, the Pilot's only value is for store coupons or as a liner for a bird cage. Here's a sampling of the Pilot's crowing over Rigell (excuse me as I vomit): *
Scott Rigell, a Republican who pledged to promote job growth by cutting federal taxes and reducing regulations on business, defeated Democratic incumbent Glenn Nye on Tuesday in Virginia’s 2nd District.
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Rigell, 50, a multimillionaire car dealer making his first run for public office, won the close race after a 16-month campaign that was funded mostly with his own money.
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Fueled by a $3 million campaign fund that included close to $2 million of his own money, Rigell used marketing skills developed over two decades of selling automobiles to get out his name and his message. The campaign’s mantra, Rigell said, was “operation domination.”
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With all that money, the Pilot must feel secure that Rigell's advertising revenue teet will remain available to it. The message to area LGBT residents? Cancel your subscription to the Pilot and avoid it's advertisers. Oh, and moving from Virginia might not be a bad move either.
Scott Rigell, a Republican who pledged to promote job growth by cutting federal taxes and reducing regulations on business, defeated Democratic incumbent Glenn Nye on Tuesday in Virginia’s 2nd District.
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Rigell, 50, a multimillionaire car dealer making his first run for public office, won the close race after a 16-month campaign that was funded mostly with his own money.
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Fueled by a $3 million campaign fund that included close to $2 million of his own money, Rigell used marketing skills developed over two decades of selling automobiles to get out his name and his message. The campaign’s mantra, Rigell said, was “operation domination.”
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With all that money, the Pilot must feel secure that Rigell's advertising revenue teet will remain available to it. The message to area LGBT residents? Cancel your subscription to the Pilot and avoid it's advertisers. Oh, and moving from Virginia might not be a bad move either.
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