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• Saturday, August 30, 2008 03:19 PM

  Well, what to make of this?

  From Republican Dean Singleton's MediaNews Group:

  http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/22/business/fi-singleton22

  (I mean, the wildly pro-McCain Pioneer Press of the Twin Cities)

  http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/

  Buckets of urine, slingshots, anti-bus weapons seized in raid on anti-RNC protesters

  By Mara H. Gottfried, Elizabeth Mohr and Dave Orrick

  Article Last Updated: 08/30/2008 04:29:33 PM CDT

  Ramsey County sheriff's deputies found weapons and devices to disable buses - among other items - in searches in the Twin Cities last night and today. Authorities said the items came from "key members of the RNC Welcoming Committee," a self-described anarchist group. Five people have been arrested and four properties have been searched, according to the sheriff's office.

  Here is the sheriff's PR release:

  "The 'Welcoming Committee' is a criminal enterprise made up of 35 anarchists who are intent on committing criminal acts before and during the Republican National Convention," said Sheriff Bob Fletcher in a statement. "These acts include tactics to blockade and disable delegate buses, breaching venue security and injuring police officers. They have recruited assistance in their criminal conspiracy from other anarchists groups throughout the country. Through their plans and actions they have exhibited a blatant disregard for the law and the safety of others."

  However, the AP says no arrests:

  Protesters said police raided three Minneapolis homes on Saturday after a late-night raid on a building used by protest organizers. No arrests were made, but the protesters said deputies seized laptops, protest literature, bus schedules, a map and sign-making materials. Sheriff Bob Fletcher said authorities moved to head off efforts to disrupt the convention.

  Those stories don't seem to match...

  This is also just the kind of thing that the Rove crowd loves to get involved in... and then repost on right-wing sites. This went on in Denver, for example, with Alex Jones attacking Michelle Malking for the FOX cameras:

  http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/michelle-malkin-attacked-at-denver.html

  Quote: "What started out as another failed Leftist protest turned violent. Conservative pundit and author Michelle Malkin who was there to cover the protest as a reporter was attacked!!!"

  So, how can we sort out the various conspiracy theories? Let's see how the story is being covered. The two main news outlets breaking the story are the Associated Press and the St. Petersburg Times. Yes, there is a connection:

  William Dean Singleton, Chairman and CEO, MediaNews Group, Denver, Colorado, member of AP's exclusive board of directors.

  Tom Curley is the media executive who owns USA Today and is also president and director of the Associated Press.

  So, that's the massive corporate media version of events.

  If you want a local independent view of the RNC security operation, one you won't find anywhere else (not at DN!, that's for sure), look at this article published by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, which is a large but independent paper, much hated by Dean Singleton and other media empire-builders:

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