Well, St. Louis’ news media got the story wrong today. After the deadline to file for mayor ended at 5:00, with few reporters actually covering the event, the TV news stations reported falsely that State Senator Maida Coleman had filed for mayor. Channel 5 even claimed she did it an hour before they reported it at 5:02 PM.
But the St. Louis Post-Dispatch gets the prize for reporting completely false information. The website of the city’s only daily newspaper reported that Coleman decided not to run for mayor, which was factually incorrect.
What Coleman said in a press conference at the Election Board was that because it appeared that Mayor Slay was illegally backing a stalking horse to run in the Democratic primary, she would instead battle him as an Independent in a heads up race in the general election in April.
After the paper was called out on their error, they soon amended the misleading headline.
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Ha, anyone can play Maida’s game. All they have to do is file as an independent too!
January 4th, 2009 at 11:22 AM
This morning [Sunday Jan 4] the Jaco report broadcast that Senator Coleman had filed.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:45 PM
One can only wonder what kind of person Slay is that he would empower Jeff Rainford and set him loose on the City of St. Louis. Why does Slay feel it is necessary to have a thug like Rainford to bully any and all? Maida Coleman could never defeat Slay. And yet Slay sponsors a hatchet job like this, just so Rainford can do what he does best (and which he loves best): bully people. St. Louis voters get what they deserve. Just like the cops say about black on black crime, “this type of behavior will continue as long as it is tolerated.”