Media blackout on Connell’s death

Posted by mcm

December 23, 2008

From Brad Jacobson:

According to a LexisNexis search, the extent of US national media coverage, in which Karl Rove’s top IT consultant, Michael Connell, is both named as the man who died in the crash and is at least acknowledged to have worked for the Bush administration, consists of one 130-word Associated Press story. That’s four days after Connell’s plane fell from the sky:

http://mediabloodhound.typepad.com/weblog/2008/12/special-report-following-alleged-threats-rove-it-gurus-plane-crashesmsm-yawns.html

Also, here’s John Byrne, of RAW STORY, on Randy Cole’s dismissal of suggestions of foul play
in Connell’s death. Cole is former president of Connell’s company, GovTech solutions:

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/President_of_GOP_IT_gurus_firm_1223.html

The piece includes a paragraph on the weather in Akron on the night of Connell’s fatal crash:

“RAW STORY was able to secure the weather data from the National Climate Data Center (NCDC) in Ashville, North Caroline. (Available here, with legend for interpreting data here). For the crash event time window between 5:35PM and approximately 6PM EST, visibility was 9-10 miles in broken cloud cover and temperatures hovered just above freezing, contradicting the 1 mile claim in the Akron Beacon Journal.”

And here is a good background piece from ePluribus Media, with a lot of pertinent links for
further information:

Mike Connell: A Trail of Questions At the End of the Road

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