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Rep. LaTourette pressured paper to fire blogger

thinkprogress.org — The Cleveland Plain Dealer yesterday fired blogger YellowDogSammy, who contributed to the paper’s group politics blog Wide Open. The measure came after Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH) complained to the paper’s editorial page editor that Sammy had contributed $100 to his opponent’s campaign. The paper let Sammy go after he refused to never again write

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  • inactive, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2Ah yes, typical GOP tactic.
  • shawnfassett, on 11/01/2007, -0/+1Sieg Heil, y'all.

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