Nice to see that the media is working to defend themselves. Maybe they will get around to pointing out all the other ways that DeVos is deceiving the voters.
This ad, designed to erode Gov. Jennifer Granholm's image, does quite the opposite. It illustrates DeVos' unwillingness to play straight with voters.
At issue is a brief TV spot that makes two text references to the LSJ. Citing the newspaper, the commercial says of Granholm, "It's all negative all the time out of the Granholm camp" and "... on a mission to get re-elected ... perhaps at any cost."
But what DeVos' ad conveniently fails to note is the comments were in a April 28, 2006, column by Tim Skubick, a State Capitol reporter who writes commentaries for a number of state newspapers. For the record, in the same column, Skubick wrote " ... on the subject of those DeVos ads, it's truly amazing that viewers have apparently been sucked in."
Just because the LSJ publishes Skubick's column doesn't mean the paper endorses the views therein, anymore than when we publish letters that take diametrically opposed stands on any issue under the sun.
The DeVos campaign could and should have been clear about that in the ad. In fact, after being contacted, the campaign said it would modify the TV commercial to make the distinction.
The fact DeVos wasn't clear to begin with is telling, though. What the ad tried to do was say, see voters, even the Lansing newspaper knows Granholm is doing wrong.
DeVos hasn't been very clear on anything, whether it be how he would replace the SBT, to his stand on abortion, to what programs he would cut when he says he would "cut spending" (except for the job creating Cool Cities, which apparently he would cut out of spite alone), to his views on the environment, to exactly how he would "overhaul state government", to what "jobs" he has supposedly "created".
Time for the media to get in gear and point out that this man had been deceptive in nearly everything that he says and does.