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NY Daily News Systematically Attacks API Candidate in Citywide Race

Sun, 08/23/2009 - 13:22

For the past few weeks, its no secret that the NY Daily News has it in for City Comptroller Candidate John Liu.  They've accused him of playing the "immigrant card" and accused him of lying about the MTA's book keeping practices.  Now, the

  • Calvin Prashad's blog
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A Big Flack Attack? Deconstructing Local Coverage of Councilman Liu's TV Ad

Fri, 08/14/2009 - 10:11

In a four-way race for New York City Controller, Councilperson John Liu is launching a TV ad that says he helped catch the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) using two sets of books in 2003 to justify a fare hike.  As chairperson of the Transportation Committee, he got former MTA executive director Katherine Lapp to admit that MTA was using a numbers game.  


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John Liu for NYC Comptroller- Volunteer for this Movement!

Thu, 08/13/2009 - 23:19

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Updates on Obama, Inouye, Liu and more

Fri, 07/03/2009 - 10:13

First off, apologies for the light posting these past two weeks.  Rest assured, we're working behind the scenes on a few big projects that you'll be excited about.  Just keep checking for announcements in the coming weeks.  To tide you over, here's another roundup of articles around the web.


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