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by heath_harrison
It's hard being Don Blankenship.
Maybe he does have a crew of elected politicians in W.Va. willing to help him stir up a panic over a non-existent crisis regarding MTR permits.
And maybe he does have 95% of the the print and broadcast media who will quote him without any effort of independent fact-checking - such as when he made the seemingly pulled-from-his-behind claim that "more than 75,000" attended Don-a-pollute-za.
But there's still that darn Charleston Gazette, where they insist on pesky things, such as actual journalists like Ken Ward.
And some basic rules for their opinion page.
Oh sure, they may print the guest columns of his underlings - homophobic slurs, factual errors and all. But that's not enough.
They won't change the rules of the paper and make an exception for Don when he gets criticized.
On his always unintentionally-hilarious Twitter feed, he's in a full-blown fit this week:
# Charleston Gazette trying to censor me on Global Warming views.12:12 PM Nov 3rd from web
# Gazette editor Jim Haught advised today that I will only be allowed 1 letter every 30 days12:17 PM Nov 3rd from web
# Haught will not allow me to respond to numerous letters attacking me.12:25 PM Nov 3rd from web
http://twitter.com/DonBlankenship
It's not surprising that he feels this way.
In The Coalfield Don's world, the fact that he's asked to follow any rules - whether it's regarding newspaper policy or environmental standards - makes him a perpetual victim. |
