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Ohio may soon become the first state to freeze its clean energy mandates after a relentless effort from utilities. But the state's major newspapers continue to overlook that the legislators behind the bill are members of the American Legislative Exchange Council -- an organization that connects corporations, including fossil fuel interests, to legislators -- despite repeatedly quoting the organization's members.
Local media outlets across the country published uncritical reports highlighting a conservative influence group's so-called economic competitiveness report, despite criticism of previous editions of the report over its methodology and findings.
On April 15, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) published the 2014 edition of its annual "Rich States, Poor States" economic competitiveness ranking, which claims to be "a forward-looking measure of how each state can expect to perform economically." For the seventh consecutive year, Utah was given the top spot for future economic outlook in 2014; New York was ranked last, and has never risen past 49th place.
Local media outlets quickly picked up the report and mainly discussed their own state's rankings and the rankings of neighboring states. Conservative radio station WOAI in San Antonio, Texas, published a blog detailing the report; including a quote from co-author and Heritage Foundation economist Steven Moore whom WOAI referred to as an "ALEC analyst":
A conservative group says Texas is tops in the country in economic activity today, but the American Legislative Exchange Council warns that the state's economic performance in the future will be rocky, largely because state government is spending too much money.
"That wasn't the good budget," ALEC analyst Steven Moore told 1200 WOAI news about the budget approved by the Legislature in 2012. "Not withstanding [sic] all of the very good things that are happening in Texas, and with the very big increase in the size of the economy."
ALEC ranks Texas no better than 13th nationally in terms of future economic performance.
Despite the uncritical, often glowing, pick-up by local media outlets, ALEC's competitiveness report has received scrutiny in the past, mostly due to evidence showing that economic data does not comport with the results of their study.
Ohio's major newspapers cited sham think tank Buckeye Institute 44 times in six months, promoting the opinions of its conservative allies including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Koch brothers, and big tobacco. Despite these connections being well-documented, every article failed to disclose Buckeye's ties to ALEC and its funding from the Koch brothers and dark money conservatives.
In the wake of growing pressure on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) -- a shadowy right-wing group dedicated to pushing a conservative agenda at the state level -- and the exposure of its agenda and tactics, will local media finally acknowledge its influence on state politics when reporting on new legislation?
The Guardian reported on December 3 that ALEC has lost the membership of "almost 400 state legislators" and the funding of "more than 60 corporations" due to the organization's connection to controversial "stand your ground" laws, which received scrutiny following the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. In an effort to rebuild those relationships, ALEC is holding its States & Nation policy summit in Washington, D.C., this week. The event includes Republican legislators such as Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), as well as several governors.
Legislators and businesses from around the country will gather to discuss this year's model legislation, which, as the Center for Media and Democracy has highlighted, will run the gamut of policy areas including legislation "opposing U.S. consumers' rights to know the origin of our food," "undermining workers' rights," "stripping environmental protections," and "limiting patient rights and undermining safety net programs." The last category includes legislation to turn Medicaid into a block grant program, similar to the proposal that Ryan has offered in his budget proposals.
State and local media outlets in the past have often neglected to identify ALEC-influenced legislation and failed to report on their state legislators' involvement with the group. A new wrinkle proposed this year by ALEC, however, directly affects state legislators. The Kansas City Star highlighted a document that was published by The Guardian that, although not adopted, would have required state chairs to take a loyalty oath: "I will act with care and loyalty and put the interests of the organization first." As Star columnist Barbara Shelly wrote:
What? These are elected officials. They are to put the interests of their states and constituents first. Apparently at some level people realized that, because the draft job description was never adopted. But the very suggestion demonstrates ALEC's eagerness to control these lawmakers.
As legislative sessions begin next year, will state media outlets begin to question legislation offered by their state representatives, especially those who are known to be members of ALEC? Will state media outlets question their ALEC state chairmen about the loyalty oath and whether they are putting the interests of ALEC interests above those of their state and constituents?
ALEC's renewed push has essentially given local media a second chance to identify ALEC's influence in their states and potentially identify the corporate interests behind several pieces of legislation affecting their readers.
Media figures are falsely claiming that Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law played no role in the trial of George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin.
In the wake of Zimmerman's March 2012 killing of Martin, media attention turned to the role of Florida's "Stand Your Ground" (also known as "Shoot First" or "Kill at Will" statute). That law allows a person who believes his life or safety is in danger to use deadly force in self-defense without being required to retreat as long as they are not engaged in illegality and are attacked in a place they have a right to be.The law also allows for a defendant to seek an expedited pretrial hearing on those grounds, and grants people who kill in self-defense immunity from civil lawsuits.
The statute was drafted with the help of the National Rifle Association. After Florida passed the law in 2005, it was adopted as model legislation by the American Legislative Exchange Council and nearly two dozen states passed similar legislation. Such laws have been found to increase the rate of homicide and have a racially disproportionate impact on black victims.
After Zimmerman was found not guilty of murder in the death of Martin, gun violence prevention advocates again highlighted the role of Florida's self-defense law. But some in the media, due to a misunderstanding of the statute's breadth, have falsely claimed that the law played no role in the trial.
On the July 15 edition of CNN's New Day, co-hosts Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan agreed that the law played no role in the case.
In fact, Florida's self-defense laws set the framework by which Zimmerman was tried, setting the standard by which the jury would have to determine if Martin's death resulted from the justifiable use of force. Indeed, the jury instructions in the case specifically mention that "If George Zimmerman was not engaged in an unlawful activity and was attacked in anyplace where he had a right to be, he had no duty to retreat and had the right to stand his ground" and use deadly force.
The Columbus Dispatch endorsed a proposal to make filing a petition for a referendum harder, only two years after a ballot measure shot down an anti-union law the paper supported.
In 2011, Ohio's Republican majority enacted Senate Bill 5, which drastically restricted the collective bargaining rights of public workers in Ohio. In the aftermath of the bill's passage, a petition was successfully established to get the bill overturned using the referendum process for the following election. The bill was overturned by an overwhelming majority in a victory for Ohio public workers.
The Columbus Dispatch's editorial board came out in favor of the anti-union law, continually reminding readers it supported restricting union's rights. The paper initially took the line that it supported the premise behind the bill but called for a compromise on collective bargaining before the referendum, Issue 2, was established. However, after the deadline to fix the bill passed, the editorial board wrote another editorial in support of Issue 2 and reminded readers the day before the election that it endorsed Issue 2.
Now, two years after the defeat of Issue 2, the editorial board has come out to support a measure that would make it more difficult to get referendums on the ballot. The Dispatch endorsed a recently enacted bill which would limit the amount of time a group has to get an issue on the ballot, giving them only 10 additional days to collect more signatures if the petition is not granted the first time. From the Dispatch:
While one can debate exactly what limits are reasonable, a uniform limit does not violate Ohioans' right to place issues on the ballot, it simply ensures that all are subject to the same rule.
Reasonable limitations on the petition process protect us from chaos.
The Wall Street Journal has repeatedly supported the conservative call for states to cut income taxes in order to foster economic growth, ignoring a large body of evidence that shows cutting or eliminating income taxes is economically damaging.
In recent months, The Wall Street Journal has published opinion pieces in support of Republican governors' push to reduce or eliminate state income taxes.
A January 30 editorial claimed that eliminating state incomes taxes "makes sense," arguing that it would spur economic growth and bolster state revenues. Economist Art Laffer and Wall Street Journal editorial board member Stephen Moore reiterated that thinking in a March 28 opinion piece titled "The Red-State Path to Prosperity," which argues for - among other measures - "pro-growth tax reform" that hinges upon a reduced reliance on income taxes.
Both pieces ostensibly rely on research conducted by the corporate-funded, right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Both Laffer and Moore have published research jointly with ALEC, and the January 30 editorial directly references Laffer's ALEC research. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), ALEC's studies on state-based tax reform are heavily biased toward states with low taxes and often do not comport with broader research findings:
ALEC's studies and reports claim that its agenda would boost economic growth and create jobs, but they are disconnected from a wide body of peer-reviewed academic research on public finance.
In addition, the preponderance of mainstream research refutes core elements of ALEC's argument, showing that state tax cuts or lower state taxes generally do not boost the economy, state tax cuts do not pay for themselves in the form of higher economic growth that generates more revenues, progressive taxes and corporate taxes do not inherently damage the economy, and taxes generally do not cause people to flee a state. (emphasis added)
Indeed, a recent review conducted by CBPP reinforces the lack of validity in ALEC and WSJ's claims -- of the eight peer-reviewed studies on the effect of state-level personal income taxes on the economy since 2000, six have found insignificant effects, and one had internally inconsistent results. CBPP also found that in states that cut taxes the most in the 1990s, average annual job growth fell far below the national average in the following economic cycle.
The Kansas City Star failed to note the significant influence of Koch-funded conservative groups in its coverage of two bills seeking to roll back Kansas' green energy standards.
A recent report by Greenpeace's Connor Gibson outlined several organizations that are influencing the debate surrounding an effort to repeal Kansas' green energy standards. As Gibson notes in his report, groups with significant ties to the fossil fuel industry and funded by billionaires Charles and David Koch, including the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, the State Policy Network, and the Beacon Hill Institute, are trying to influence legislators to roll back green energy standards in Kansas. From Greenpeace:
ALEC and a hoard of other Koch-funded interests operating under the umbrella of the State Policy Network have hit Kansas legislators hard with junk economic studies, junk science and a junk vision of more polluting energy in Kansas' future. Koch Industries lobbyist Jonathan Small has added direct pressure on Kansas lawmakers to rollback support for clean energy.
Unfortunately, clean energy is not palatable to the billionaire Koch brothers or the influence peddlers they finance. All of the following State Policy Network affiliates (except the Kansas Policy Institute) are directly funded by the Koch brothers, while most of the groups get secretive grants through the Koch-affiliated "Dark Money ATM," Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund, which have distributed over $120,000,000 to 100 groups involved in climate denial since 2002.
Despite the pressure these groups have placed on the repeal legislation -- including the author of a Beacon Hill Institute report attacking green energy testifying before the Kansas legislature -- The Kansas City Star failed to note these groups' influence on either of the two pieces of legislation making their way through the state legislature.
The Star only covered the legislation in two editorials (which did not express support for the repeal bill) and once in its news coverage over the last six months.
The paper also failed to put Kansas' green energy initiatives in context. Wind energy in Kansas is a booming industry. A fact sheet from the Natural Resources Defense Council found that renewable energy in Kansas has created more than 12,000 jobs and provided $13.7 million in annual lease payments and royalties to Kansas landowners. According to the American Wind Energy Association, after the adoption of the green energy standard, wind turbine manufacturer Siemens announced a $50 million investment in its first American wind energy manufacturing facility in Kansas. Even Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback was a supporter of green energy standards. In 2010, while a U.S. senator, he co-sponsored a national version of Kansas' successful renewable portfolio standard with Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), which, if enacted, would have required 15 percent of utilities to be derived from alternative energy by 2021.
The Columbus Dispatch is criticizing journalists for not informing readers about a liberal group's vested interests and involvement in the state's political process, even though the paper has spent years obscuring the origins of the American Legislative Exchange Council and downplaying the group's influence in the state.
In a February 27 editorial The Columbus Dispatch wrote:
The ability of various interest groups to have a say in politics is a critical to our democracy. But just as voters should be aware of who is funding political ads, they should be informed of the vested interests of those groups that are cited as sources of commentary.
Policy Matters Ohio, with offices in Cleveland and Columbus, often is quoted in news stories as a "research firm" and as a liberal or "progressive" think tank in news stories concerning tax and budget issues. That description, though, doesn't give a full picture of an organization that has a direct interest in steering public money to labor groups, which in turn are big-money supporters of Democratic politicians.
The Dispatch's argument is disingenuous however, since the paper has failed to cover and conduct the same research for organizations heavily involved in state policy such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
From January to October 2011, the shadowy right-wing organization had its hand in 33 bills in the state, nine of which became law. ALEC's ties in Ohio run deeper than merely crafting bills. According to ALEC's internal talking points, Gov. John Kasich, who was actively involved in ALEC in multiple capacities before becoming governor, "helped mold ALEC in its formative years" and was photographed at an ALEC event in 2010.
In 2012, ALEC was responsible for several pieces of legislation in Ohio, including a bill that weakened protections for victims of asbestos exposure, a bill which attempted to loosen firearms laws, and a bill seeking to prevent disclosure of certain ingredients in fracking fluids to the public.
ALEC also has a role in pushing big business' influence with legislators in Ohio. According to the Center for Media and Democracy's ALEC Exposed project, 41 legislators in Ohio are ALEC members. The money ALEC receives from businesses and conservative organizations goes to bringing these legislators to ALEC conventions where they can "rub elbows with rich, out-of state potential donors ... and to build similar relationships with ALEC's state corporate members."
Despite ALEC's influence and major ties to the state, The Columbus Dispatch only discussed ALEC in 7 news stories since January 1, 2011, according to a Media Matters search. When they did cover ALEC, the organization was either not identified or described as a "conservative" or "a conservative think tank that raises money from corporate and other interests to pay for legislators to meet with businesses" -- monikers that barely scratch the surface of what the organization really does.
While it's important for newspapers to disclose the ties behind organizations that have an influence on policy in the state, The Columbus Dispatch editorial board is picking and choosing which organizations should receive such scrutiny -- apparently aiming to disclose information only about the ones it disagrees with.
The Charlotte Observer failed to connect the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to an attack on North Carolina's successful green energy mandates, which is being led by state Republican majority whip -- and ALEC member -- Mike Hager. From the December 31 article:
The N.C. House's new Republican majority whip believes he has the votes to stop North Carolina's green-energy mandate - the first in the Southeast when it was enacted in 2007 - in its tracks.
The law says electric utilities have to derive rising amounts of their retail sales from solar, wind or biomass sources, beginning at 3 percent this year and ending at 12.5 percent by 2021. Separate, smaller targets for solar energy took effect in 2010.
Senate Bill 3, as the law is commonly known, is widely credited with creating markets for renewable energy - especially solar power - that didn't exist in North Carolina before it was adopted. Advocates say it has produced thousands of jobs despite a slumping economy.
But Rep. Mike Hager of Rutherford County views the mandate as the government unfairly "picking winners and losers" in the marketplace. As chairman of the Public Utilities committee, Hager would like to freeze it at the current 3 percent level.
The article misses an important point -- that Hager is a member of ALEC, an organization described in the Observer (in an article re-published from the Anchorage Daily News) only a week earlier as a "secretive legislation mill that combines conservative thought with corporate interests." Hager's agenda regarding North Carolina's green energy mandates parrots one of ALEC's current nation-wide priorities. From The Washington Post (emphasis added):
The Heartland Institute, a libertarian think tank skeptical of climate change science, has joined with the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council to write model legislation aimed at reversing state renewable energy mandates across the country.
The Electricity Freedom Act, adopted by the council's board of directors in October, would repeal state standards requiring utilities to get a portion of their electricity from renewable power, calling it "essentially a tax on consumers of electricity."
The previously-mentioned Anchorage Daily News piece expounded upon ALEC's energy agenda as well, describing the efforts ALEC has taken in Alaska and other states to try to "roll-back" the renewable energy mandate by painting it as a "tax." From the ADN:
Nick Surgey, staff counsel for Common Cause, said one hot ALEC issue is an effort pushed by the coal industry and other traditional energy sources to roll back renewable energy targets and mandates adopted by some 30 states, including Alaska.
Backers of the roll-back call the targets a "tax" on power consumers who might have to pay more, at least in the short term, because the capital costs can be expensive. But supporters say they will reduce carbon emissions, establish 21st-century industries in the United States and make the country less reliant on imports.
The Washington Post noted that ALEC and Heartland "accept money from oil, gas and coal companies that compete against renewable energy suppliers." In fact, Hager has individually received campaign contributions from Duke Energy (his previous employer), Progress Energy (now merged with Duke Energy) and Dominion Resources, all of which are corporate members of ALEC.
While the Charlotte Observer provided balanced discussion of the mandates' costs and benefits, the paper's readership could benefit from an expanded vetting of special interest influences on North Carolina's state legislators.
In yet another year plagued by horrific instances of gun violence, the media was quick to react to tragedies by labeling gun violence prevention efforts futile on the basis of the alleged ability of the National Rifle Association to ruin the political careers of anyone who dared to stand in the way of its anti-gun regulation agenda.
Earlier this year, Slate's Brian Palmer typified this narrative with an article titled "Why Is The NRA So Powerful?" that suggested that the pro-gun organization "considered by many the most powerful lobbying group in the country" can "reliably deliver votes." In the wake of the Newtown school massacre, Slate republished the article verbatim. Also following the Newtown massacre, NBC's David Gregory and Fox News' Chris Wallace both suggested that politicians who favored gun violence prevention measures would face serious reprisals.
In making these claims, the media simply advanced a years old narrative suggesting the NRA wields unlimited political power without citing any actual evidence for that position. In fact, 2012 was a year full of indicators that the extent of NRA influence has been wildly exaggerated. The media should keep this in mind as they prepare to cover the NRA's press conference this morning responding to the Newtown massacre.
During the past year, the National Rifle Association was abandoned by political and business allies and spent nearly $18 million in a failed attempt to keep supporters of gun violence prevention out of Congress and the White House.
Even as the NRA's brand was deemed toxic by the shadowy American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative "model legislation" group, and faced withering criticism in the wake of the Newtown school massacre, the media myth has persisted that the NRA has the capability to punish politicians who oppose its extreme agenda.
Ohio's largest newspapers ignored the influence that gun lobby campaign contributions and the American Legislative Exchange Council may have had in pushing forward a bill that would that would loosen firearms regulations in the state. The proposal, which closely resembles ALEC model legislation, would allow gun owners to bring firearms and loaded clips into the parking lots under the state Capitol and require the recognition of out-of-state conceal carry licenses.
The Columbus Dispatch described Ohio House Bill 495, which has been pushed forward by an Ohio Senate committee:
House Bill 495 essentially would treat concealed-carry licenses like drivers' licenses -- if you have one in another state, it would be recognized in Ohio.
In addition, the bill would allow people without concealed-carry licenses to now carry loaded ammunition clips in their vehicles, so long as they are stored in a compartment separate from the unloaded gun. It also would allow people to bring their guns to the Statehouse or the Riffe Center parking garages on Capitol Square, as long as the guns remain in their vehicles.
The bill, pushed by the National Rifle Association and other Ohio pro-gun groups, also says that a concealed-carry licensee no longer has to demonstrate competency when renewing the license.
Current Ohio law bars those convicted of misdemeanor offenses of violence and drug offenders from obtaining concealed-carry licenses, and require applicants to demonstrate firearms safety competence. As many other states have no such requirements, residents of those states who would not be eligible to earn a license if they were Ohio residents would gain the ability to legally carry concealed if House Bill 495 were passed into law.
While the Dispatch noted that the gun lobby was pushing the bill, they failed to point out that this 'push' took the form of significant campaign contributions to one of the bill's sponsors, Ohio House Majority Whip John Adams (R), who is "the top recipient of gun industry money in Ohio's current legislature," according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Public Campaign, a group dedicated to reducing the role of special interest money in politics.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer fared no better in exposing gun lobby money. Its story quoted Senate President Tom Niehaus (R), who is responsible for bringing the bill to the floor, as supporting the bill. But thousands of dollars in political contributions to Niehaus from, among others, the NRA and the Buckeye Firearms Association, were omitted from the Plain Dealer's article.
Equally egregious is the fact that both publications completely omitted the influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a shadowy conservative organization behind the passage in many states of "stand your ground" laws that became infamous in the wake of the shooting death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin earlier this year. House Bill 495 closely resembles ALEC model legislation, the "Concealed Carry True Reciprocity Act," which states:
A person licensed or permitted to carry a firearm in any state whose laws recognize and give effect in that state to a license or permit issued under the laws of the State of {insert state} shall be authorized to carry a firearm in this state.
Twenty-three co-sponsors of House Bill 495 are or have been members of ALEC, including Adams, who chairs the group's Ohio arm. Two members of the Senate committee who approved the bill on Wednesday are members as well.
What's more, the Dispatch and the Plain Dealer reported that the Senate committee's initial proposal would have prevented Ohio universities from banning guns on campus, but this language was narrowed after concerns from officials at Ohio State University. The papers failed to mention that ALEC and the NRA have teamed up in the past to push for laws allowing firearms on campus, even after mass shootings devastated Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University.
A Wall Street Journal editorial echoed right-wing talking points to endorse an Ohio bill that would restrict asbestos victims from proving their claims at trial. But the editorial, which claims "rampant fraud" exists in asbestos-related litigation, provides no evidence of systemic abuse, conceals the fact that multiple companies can be legally responsible for asbestos injuries, and fails to disclose that the state legislation is a corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council bill pushed by top Republican ALEC officials.
Asbestos kills 10,000 people annually through cancer and catastrophic lung damage. Asbestos is still legal despite the fact that it is the proven cause of an ongoing epidemic, which is why companies that continue to produce or use asbestos may be sued for asbestos-caused disease. A victim can pursue legal relief against a bankrupt asbestos company by filing a claim against its trust. Personal injury law - tort law - generally holds that multiple actors can be legally responsible for the same injury and sued separately.
The WSJ, however, obscured this general tort principle in the editorial and misleadingly accused asbestos victims of "double-dipping" by filing claims against multiple companies who may all have contributed to the harm:
The [tort] reform drive remains alive in the states, including Ohio, which is poised to become the first in the nation to clamp down on the abuse of asbestos bankruptcy trusts.
[T]he trusts have not stemmed the flood of asbestos suits. That's because the plaintiffs' attorneys have taken to "double dipping"--first gaining payouts from multiple bankruptcy trusts, then filing lawsuits against solvent companies that had only a peripheral involvement in the asbestos business.
The reason behind the "flood" of asbestos suits is the heavy use of a product in the 1970s that has a latency period between 20 to 50 years, so many people who were exposed to the product are just now reporting the disease with a mortality peak expected in 2015. The WSJ, however, dismisses the litigation of these victims - projected to be as many as 100,000 in the next decade - as "rampant fraud." But the WSJ's evidence of a widespread "scam" consists of the actions of one lawyer's attempt to cover up an error the sanctioning court itself said was "innocuous" and "an obscure issue in a case fraught with dozens of more compelling issues." Furthermore, the WSJ does not explain why all or what sort of "peripheral" asbestos-caused harm should be insulated from liability, contrary to basic personal injury law.
Instead, the editorial repeats talking points of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in support of a bill not only modeled after ALEC legislation, but pushed by a Republican state senator, Bill Seitz, who was also co-chair of ALEC's "Civil Justice Task Force." After the bill passed the Ohio legislature, Lisa A. Rickard, president of the U.S. Chamber's legal arm, stated:
"This bill will go a long way toward eliminating fraud in asbestos litigation, discourage 'double dipping' by plaintiffs' lawyers, and ensure that companies and bankruptcy trusts both pay their fair share of recoveries to claimants. It will also help Ohio manufacturing companies and protect jobs by ensuring that companies are not bankrupted by fraudulent claims."
Top Ohio newspapers failed to adequately highlight the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) influence on recent asbestos legislation in the state.
On December 4, the Ohio Senate passed an ALEC-inspired bill that curbs the ability of asbestos victims to file lawsuits for damages. From Legal Newsline:
A bill meant to stop the duplication of asbestos lawsuits has passed the Ohio state Senate.
The bill, which passed the Senate by a 19-14 vote, would require anyone to reveal all asbestos claims filed by them or for them. If they don't do so, the person could face perjury charges. The bill made it through Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. It passed the House in January.
Critics, however, say the measure would slow legitimate claims. And they say the bill would make Ohio the first state with such claim restrictions even though Ohio is among the states with the biggest backlog of asbestos claims.
The Dayton Daily News and Cincinnati Enquirer both failed to link the harmful asbestos bill to ALEC in their original reporting, despite it being covered in other states and nationally. Only the Columbus Dispatch ran an original story that noted the piece of legislation was an ALEC model bill, while the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Dayton Daily News published AP versions of the story that briefly mentioned ALEC. None of the stories highlighted the several legislators who supported the bill who are also known members of ALEC.
Ohio has the 8th highest rate of death in the nation from mesothelioma and asbestosis with 1,328 total mesothelioma and asbestosis deaths from 1999 to 2008. Ohio is one of several states to pass an ALEC inspired bill attempting to limit the damages victims of asbestos exposure can seek. This year alone, legislation attempting to curtail victims' rights has been passed in Michigan, Arizona, Idaho, and Utah. The Minnesota legislature also passed an ALEC inspired bill, however it was vetoed by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton (D).
In 2001, ALEC and manufacturing company Crown Holdings, Inc. jointly crafted model legislation which attempted to limit the amount in compensation victims of asbestos-related diseases received from companies who exposed their workers to asbestos. Coverage of the model bill in Minnesota from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune revealed that this "national effort" was being undertaken by the "$8 billion can manufacturer to shield itself from costly asbestos lawsuits." Even the general counsel to Crown Holdings, William Gallagher, announced in testimony before the Michigan House Judiciary Committee that the laws passed in other states were based on ALEC model legislation and urged Michigan to enact a similar law.
Unsurprisingly, several legislators involved in the crafting of the Ohio asbestos bill are or were members of ALEC. A Cincinnati Enquirer article -- while completely omitting any ALEC mentions -- cited several legislators who sponsored and voted for the bill including the bill's originator Rep. Louis Blessing Jr., Senate President Tom Niehaus, Sen. Bill Seitz and Sen. Bill Coley. All four have known ties to ALEC according to the Center for Media and Democracy's project, ALEC Exposed.
Despite the many news reports and facts linking this bill to ALEC, Ohio newspapers generally failed to produce original content which makes the link. The Cincinnati Enquirer published a piece of original content that made no mention of ALEC. The Dayton Daily News published one original news story which did not mention ALEC. In addition, the Daily News published two AP stories on the bill, but only one of which made the ALEC connection. The only paper to run an original story mentioning ALEC was the Columbus Dispatch which, buried at the bottom of a story on legislative action banning Internet cafes, wrote a short blurb on other lame-duck legislative action:
Following a spirited debate, the Senate approved House Bill 380, which is aimed at victims of on-the-job asbestos exposure who try to pursue two avenues for damages. It would require workers to disclose all asbestos claims they have filed. Critics say it would block legitimate claims. The bill is based on model legislation from the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council. The bill passed 19-14, with four Republicans, including Sen. Jim Hughes, R-Columbus, joining all Democrats in opposition.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Dayton Daily News both ran an AP version of the story that referenced ALEC at the end of the story:
The bill stems from model legislation developed by the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, which has drawn attention for the entree it's recently gained at statehouses through efforts including opulent, corporate-backed conferences not always subject to normal disclosure rules.
None of this coverage -- the original content as well as the AP article -- mentioned the direct and extensive links between the bill's sponsors and ALEC, even when mentioning those legislators in their reporting.
Ohio papers are not alone, however. When the ALEC asbestos bill was passed in Michigan neither of the state's two biggest newspapers covered the connection.
During today's meeting of a Florida taskforce that is investigating the "Kill At Will" law implicated in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, National Rifle Association representative Marion Hammer said that the NRA was "proud to have been a part of the process" in enacting the law in 2005.
We believe the law is doing what the legislature intended. It is protecting the rights of people who defend themselves against attackers and intruders. The NRA supported this law. We are proud to have been a part of the process. We are proud to say we worked with legislators from both sides of the aisle to protect self-defense rights. And although there may be other bodies of law that do not go far enough to protect the innocent and the righteous, we don't see any basic need to change the premise of this law.
Hammer, who in closing stated that the NRA "see[s] the law as protecting freedom," served as president of the National Rifle Association between 1995 and 1998 and remains the organization's top lobbyist in Florida. She is hardly the first member of National Rifle Association leadership to express full-throated support for "Kill At Will." In April, NRA chief lobbyist Chris Cox told attendees of the NRA's annual meeting that despite "post-media hysteria" in the weeks following Trayvon Martin's death the gun rights organization "will defend those laws." At the same annual gathering, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre blamed controversy surrounding the law, called "Stand Your Ground" by its proponents, on the national news media.
Hammer previously acknowledged in an interview with Media Matters that the NRA helped draft the law and "support[ed] it through the process." This account was confirmed by Florida Today reporter Paul Flemming who stated, "There is no doubt about it. Marion Hammer, the NRA lobbyist here, former president of the NRA wrote the legislation and she would tell you so."


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Florida Gov Bought a Rescue Dog for His Campaign, Then Replaced It
Politics is a slick business. We know this, you know this…everybody knows this. But a little bit of investigative reporting by the Tampa Bay Times that exposed a few poorly planned moves on behalf of Florida governor Rick Scott reveals the kind of weird PR that we've unfortunately come to expect from our elected officials.
Mr. Scott wanted to improve his image in the eyes of Florida voters during his gubernatorial campaign, so he bought a rescued Labrador retriever. After he won the election, he did what any responsible dog-lover would do: he returned the lab to its previous owner. Wait, what?
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BP refinery fined $32,000 for sulfur dioxide leak
By Jack Kintner
A failed instrument at the BP Cherry Point Refinery resulted in the release of hundreds of pounds of sulphuric acid-producing sulphur dioxide and nearly three tons of particulate matter beyond allowable limits last September, according to Jamie Randles of the Northwest Clean Air Agency.
This was just one month before the refinery missed a deadline for other required reports that were as much as two years late.
February the agency issued $32,000 in fines for the two unrelated
violations, which the refinery did not contest and has agreed to pay.
"To be fair," Randles said, "BP Cherry Point typically has fewer air pollution violations than the other three refineries in northwest Washington even though it's the biggest."
Randles said that in 2004, the last year for which figures were available, the refinery put out 1,532 tons of sulphur dioxide and 129 tons of particulate matter.
Using these figures the amount released during last falls' violation was equal to about seven percent of one day's allowable sulphur dioxide emissions and nine days of allowable particulate emissions.
"The sulphur dioxide in the exhaust gasses readily combines with water vapor in the air to make sulphuric acid," said Randles, "but it disperses quickly.
"Our sense was that the amount released last fall was not something you'd have noticed above and beyond their normal output."
The spew of sulfur dioxide mist began last September 26 and went on for six days without being noticed until October 1, BP spokesman Mike Abendhof said.
Abendhof said the release was caused by a valve that failed on a calciner stack but that due to faulty equipment there was no indication that anything was wrong.
A calciner stack uses heat and airflow to turn liquid high-level waste into a solid, in this case hard carbon anodes that BP Cherry Point sells to Intalco for use in making aluminum.
"We don't like to see this happen, even though there's a million things that can go wrong in such a complicated system. We try hard to make sure everything's working one hundred percent, and this appeared to be working OK, but it wasn't."
Both BP Cherry Point and ConocoPhillips, Whatcom County's other refinery, have been cited for 12 such air quality violations in the last three and a half years, Randles said.


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1) Spying two red wax caps on the table, I decide to put my older wines in play early. This was one: tomato skin and leaf on the nose, tart strawberry and sour cherry fruit on the mid palate, and a bit of cranberry bitterness and green herb in the finish. I found it pleasant and showing well with food though perhaps long in the tooth; those without a high acid tolerance did not like it a bit. 2005 Brun Terre Dorres L'Ancien.
2) First off, a very odd nose here that one taster immediately called cow poop and which generated a rather entertaining discussion about the various kinds of poop possible, as I disagreed with 'cow' and thought it was more of a baby diaper odor. The only woman at the table who has actually raised babies was consulted for an expert opinion and declared: "this baby had applesauce!". So there. Nose of baby poop (with applesauce) that never entirely went away, though it lessened, rustic, monotone strawberry fruit, pleasant but unremarkable. 2009 Henry Fessy Brouilly.
3) This was my other wine. Pretty nose that one taster described as "toasted strawberry pop tarts". Having never smelled those I couldn't agree, but I found strawberry fruit for sure with a flinty minerality, and more of everything that one would call 'class' than in the previous two wines. Very good, it's a 2006 Pascal au Franc Julienas.
4) Here came the first red capsule. On the nose a mild barnyard funk, the good kind, which devolved if you stayed in one long inhale into cinnamon and then a surprising note of gardenia. Some raspberry notes sweeten the strawberry here on the palate, and the spiciness keeps blooming along with some green herbs. Higher acid and better with food than without, rather like the Brun, but this has the character and depth of fruit to carry it. Excellent, 2009 Jean Foillard Cuvee Corcelette Morgon.
5) Second red capsule: concentrated sweet fruit on the nose signals something new and special. Strawberry, raspberry and black cherry fruit with lower acidity than the Foillard and silkier tannins. Luxurious and submissive like a very willing woman (per the guys). Flawlessly attractive, visceral we all agreed compared to the Foillard's intellectual. Outstanding, 2009 Marcel Lapierre MMIX Morgon.


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Regardless of any NBA team, on any given night, no matter whom the opponent is, there's always fans there supporting their home or away team. And even sometimes, one, two, three, or more of those fans are celebrities. Also, usually those celebrities that are cheering (usually the home team) are as a result cheered on by the home crowd fans.
However, at the New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, where the Knicks took on the Los Angeles Clippers, New York Jets football players, quarterback, Mark Sanchez and wide receiver, Santonio Holmes weren't cheered on…they were booed.
Matter of fact, booed loudly.
The New York Jets, whose season ended months ago after they went 8-8 last season and didn't make the playoffs certainly wasn't forgotten by the displeased Knicks' fans.
Now while it wasn't clear why the Knicks' fans were booing, the answer to the question that has been out there since the addition of newly acquired quarterback Tim Tebow was certainly answered and that question; when will Sanchez first be booed?
Is it too soon?
As for Sanchez and Holmes they would decline to comment to ESPN about the fans boos at halftime. Though, Holmes would comment to twitter as he posted on his account:
Good game going on between the Knicks n Clippers
— Santonio Holmes (@santonio10) April 26, 2012
Jets cornerback, Antonio Cromartie was also at Madison Garden Tuesday night. However, he wouldn't bee booed, though he would be introduced as the wrong player.
At the Knicks game snd they jus called me Shonne Green. I am not the big. Lol
— Antonio Cromartie (@ACromartie) April 26, 2012
The Knicks would go onto defeat the Clippers, 99-93, improving to 35-30 and move closer to locking up the 7th seed in the Eastern Conference.
Sanchez, threw for 3,474 yards, 26 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions last season and Holmes, who caught 51 passes for 651 yards and 8 touchdowns last season. As for Cromartie, known to Knicks' announcer as "Shonne Greene" had 45 tackles, one forced fumble, and 4 interceptions last season.


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SPOKANE-- Downtown Spokane business owners say a group of teenage loiterers continues to hurt sales. One business said they might have to close up shop.
Teens were recently kicked out of the STA Plaza smoking area and are now hanging out on Wall Street.
Police are frequently getting called and some business owners are even hiring security to keep these kids under control.
Beignets is in its second month of business and is already facing closure.
"Our business is literally half of what it was. We're a brand new business we're struggling anyway to get the startup cost going," said owner Judie Sowards
Sowards says a bunch of teens loitering down the block are scaring people off. "They come by and ask for food from customers, they ask for money, ask for beer…several people on the patio said they won't be back because they feel it's a crime area."
18 year old Chris Lane told KREM 2 News everyone's got it wrong. "They're stereotyping our group. We're just a bunch of people who like to hang out, get together and see each other."
His group doesn't cause trouble according to lane. He doesn't understand why they keep getting kicked out. "Honestly it upsets me, I don't like it, it's our place to hang out….eventually we're not gonna have any place to hang out anymore."
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The second winter storm in less than a week is slamming the Chicago area. Snow amounts of 6-10 inches has fallen over the Chicago area so far this afternoon. Hardest hit are the southern sections including NW Indiana. Below are a list of snow totals as of noon CST.
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Another additional accumulation of 2-4 inches are possible through this afternoon especially across the southeastern sections of the area. Locally higher amounts could fall over northwest Indiana where lake enhancement is likely. In addition to the snowfall, gusty winds are making conditions very treacherous this afternoon over the region with blowing and drifting snow causing near whiteout conditions.
The other major weather headline is the brutal cold airmass on the way later this afternoon and evening. It is predicted to be the coldest airmass in nearly 20 years. Temperatures are expected to dip below zero by midnight and not rise above zero until Tuesday afternoon. Wind chills during this time frame will range as low as 50 degrees below zero.
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The deal had been anticipated for some time, and is expected to make Rodgers the highest paid player in NFL history. The deal is reportedly for a four-year extension worth $110 million.
In his eight seasons, the last five years as the Packers starter, Rodgers has thrown 171 touchdowns and just 46 interceptions.
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COACH FLOOD: Really exciting week for us. Tremendous opponent in the University of Houston, coming to town, 12 noon kickoff. Our student section of 10 thousand has been sold out for a couple of days. That's exciting for me. I can remember not too long ago being in that stadium in the Arkansas game and seeing the effect our crowd can have on the game. And with up tempo offensive with the way Houston runs it, a really hostile crowd can have an effect on the game. I know our fans and students are going to be ready at noon on Saturday to do that.
Really impressive team coming into New Jersey, Tony Levine has done a tremendous job there in his second season after taking over the program. You can tell that they have a special teams coordinator who is the head football coach. They are extremely well coached on special teams, No. 1 in the country in block kicks. They're also No. 1 in the country in turn over margin. They've got a very talented group of players and they do a good job of coaching them down there.
Q. Can you talk about from an opposing coach's view, what do you credit the fact that they lost their starting quarterback David Piland, and they've still been able to have a five game winning streak to start the season. Losing your starting quarterback could ruin your season?
COACH FLOOD: Yeah, it's a tough position to just put a guy in, and to have a true freshman playing, a kid from St. Thomas Aquinas, which is one of the better programs nationally, for a long time. They offered him at a very early stage. I remember talking to Tony about that. They obviously saw something in him that they really liked and thought would work in their system.
So I think that you have to credit them in two ways, one being able to identify and have talented players on your roster to put in there, but also in gaining a mentality in your team that it is a team sport. And it's going to be 11 players collectively at a time, 105 or more, collectively, over the course of a season or a game, that's ultimately going to win you football games.
Q. I think the perception of them is more of a passing team. But the balance between running and passing, is almost dead even. In that regard is that what makes them different than Fresno, or another passing team?
COACH FLOOD: I think they are very dangerous in the running game. And I think you're right, if your game plan is solely designed around stopping them from throwing theball, you're going to give up a lot. Ryan Jackson and Kenneth Farrow, they handle the ball to quite a bit. They spread you from one end of the field to the other in terms of the width of the field. They're going to threaten you down the field vertically. They're going to make you defend the whole field. But if you don't start your game plan with stopping the run, they will take advantage of it and we've felt this way around here. Great defense begins with stopping the run.
Q. Could you elaborate on the special teams a little more, do they go blocking kicks the same way you guys do, when you see it on film and their return man, I think, is top 10 in the country, how important is containing him to field position?
COACH FLOOD: They have three block kicks on the season, all of them are field goals. Do they do it exactly how we do it? Not exactly how we do it. But I think what you'll find, in the teams that block kicks the mentality is the same. It's not that the scheme is necessarily the same. We adapt our scheme to what we see just like they do. But you need to have every player on the field that is assignment is to block the kick going as if they're going to block it every time. If you go after it with the attitude and the efforts that you're going to block the kick every time, if you get one a game you'll lead the country. They have three and they lead the country. So we're at two right now. I think it's more the mentality that is the same. They're a block team and it shows up on team with the way the players go after it. Damian Payne as their punt returner, Dem arcus Ayers, is the kick returner, they are very well coached on special teams.
Tony Levine has been an excellent special teams coordinator for a long time.
Q. With Louisville losing the CF, do you talk to your team about having everything in front and controlling on destiny or is it too early?
COACH FLOOD: I think Sundays are always a good time to show them the lay of the land in the conference. I think everybody sets out at the beginning of the year, and you're going to play 12, one game season, and everybody istrying to be 1-0 every week. If it all works out and our 12-0, that's great.
If you study football enough you know at the end of the season there just aren't that many teams left standing that have a zero in the loss column. It's too competitive. There's not that much difference between the teams week to week. It's the little things that win the football game. We run the ball, stop the run. Secure the ball, take it away. We're playing the No. 1 team in turn over this week. Special teams can win the game for us, it has won games for us under the past. And we're playing one of the premier special teams team in the country. We've got tremendous challenges. That game did not surprise me. I knew Louisville and I know central Florida has an excellent team. You saw it in a number of games over the weekend there's not that much of a difference in college football. You had better be ready to play and you had better play for 60 minutes every week in you want to be 1-0.
Q. With is Kyle Federici, how are you going to handle that?
COACH FLOOD: Kyle Federico will be the kicker to start the game.
Q. Is there smaller room for error with him, would you put Marsh in there if something falters?
COACH FLOOD: I don't know that. I think right now Kyle is our kicker and I've got confidence in him, and that's the way we'll go into the game.
I don't think there's any -- I don't feel any differently about Kyle than I do some of the other positions on the team.
Q. Looking at the depth chart with the way with the offensive line, no major changes during the bye week. What did you see from that unit as a whole over the last week and a half?
COACH FLOOD: I saw a unit that worked with the urgency ofa group that knows they need to improve. And that I felt the same way about other positions on offense. I thought we had a productive bye week. I thought we had a practice last night to start the Houston week. And I feel good about the direction we're moving in.
Q. You said on Thursday that Paul would miss this week and could return in two weeks. After this reevaluation of him, how much of a clear understanding do you have of where he is as opposed to where he started this whole thing?
COACH FLOOD: I have the exact understanding that I said last Thursday. That's the understanding. I'm not trying to avoid the question, but that's my understanding. He's not ready now. He might be ready a week from now. Very confident he'll be ready beyond that.
Q. I know you don't like to predict how things might go, but they played some wild games. These are statistically two of the worst pass defense in the country. Would you expect it to take on this kind of characteristic, where you see teams throwing the ball a lot. They just came off that type of game against BYU?
COACH FLOOD: They did, and I caught a little bit on TV onSaturday. I felt we made some tremendous project in that SMU game. We just didn't do it for four quarters. I thought for three-quarters we did a really nice job. You have to do it for four quarters, sometimes longer as we've shown this year in over time. I look at their scores, and they've won a game against Temple and against Memphis, and theyjust played a 46-47 game against BYU, even with them they've been in somedifferent games in this season. I think that's why it's hard to predict. I feel good about our improvement in our pass defense. And as I've said to the defense, now we've got to do it for the duration of the game.
Q. What have you seen from Cioffi that's made him a definitive starter?
COACH FLOOD: Definitive starter is not a compression I'veever used. Here's what I've seen in Anthony that in my opinion allows him to deserve the start the game. He is a very attention to detail oriented person. He takes coaching very well. And he plays very hard. He plays with tremendous, tremendous effort. And I think all three of those things combined have allowed him to improve to the point now he's the starter. And you see him be productive in games.
Q. With this pass defense, your thoughts on starting two true freshmen?
COACH FLOOD: It's a great challenge for them, and it's a great challenge for us as a football team. After six games, I don't know that they're true freshmen anymore. They've played on a national stage against really potent offense like SMU and Louisville. I didn't have the same feeling as the Fresno game. We've played half a season now, so I think they have a certain degree of experience.
Q. Does anything change from a standpoint when you're playing a -- againsta true freshman quarterback? You might have that two weeks in a row?
COACH FLOOD: I don't know that it changes in terms of your game plan, because you have the game plan, their scheme and their personnel, and their play makers, and he's certainly one of them. But I think as games go on and you see how a player who is a younger player handles a hostile environment, things could change within the game, that's for sure.
Q. How is Stephenson come along at corner? I think he was moved there last week from safety I know he played there in the spring, if they go four or five wide how comfortable are you with him on the field?
COACH FLOOD: I thought the line had a good week in practice. I thought he made the transition from safety to corner nicely. I think you're going to see him early in the game on the sub packages. And maybe in rotation, we'll decide that later in the practice week. He'll be in the game and he'll be playing.
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UNDATED (WSAU-Wheeler News) About 80 Wisconsin National Guard troops will be welcomed home this afternoon, after they spent 10 months in Afghanistan. Governor Scott Walker will be among the dignitaries on hand for a ceremony on the E-A-A grounds in Oshkosh.
The troops are members of the Guard's 121st Field Artillery unit based in Plymouth. They conducted support missions in which they fired rockets from specialized truck-mounts. The unit returned to American soil last week. They were debriefed at Fort Bliss in Texas.


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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - Freddie Freeman and rookie Evan Gattis each hit their second home run this spring and the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 14-9 Friday in a meeting of split squads.
Freeman's two-run shot off Jordan Lyles came in a six-run first inning. Gattis hit a three-run homer off Sam Demel in the second and added an RBI double the next inning.
Lyles gave up seven hits and six runs to nine batters. Demel, the first of 7 Houston relievers, allowed five runs while getting only two outs.
Sean Gilmartin gave up two runs and five hits in three innings in his first start for the Braves.
Brandon Barnes hit his third home run of the spring for the Astros. Marc Krauss also homered and Trevor Crowe hit a bases-loaded triple.
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Yes, clever dog. I teared up thinking of Red's motivations: food and companionship. Food being basic of course but the need to have his friends with him-very touching. It looks like a really nice shelter and the dogs are well cared for. Yet, their needs are universal and he wanted to be with his buddies. I'm glad Red was adopted. It's always tough for me to see dogs in shelters; there are so many who need homes.
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Product DescriptionThe Force is as rugged and burly as they come. Built with the same personality and capabilities of the Force Carbon, but in a more affordable package, this ride shreds every inch of mountain. 150 mm of travel, Independent Drivetrain suspension, and lightweight components makes the Force a true All-Mountain ride.
- Frame: GT designed 6061 Monocoque frame with Independent Drivetrain suspension. 150mm of r wheel travel. With new forged I-link. New pivot design and taper head tube
- Fork: Rockshox Sektor TR R Coil, 150mm travel, tapered alloy steerer, 15mm drop-outs
- Crank: Shimano Non-series 36/22 with bashguard
- Rear Shock: Fox Float R Shock custom tuned
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Date Reviewed: August 25, 2013
Strengths: Very flickable bike and feels light.
Weaknesses: Handlebars are narrow and the tires are a bit skinny.
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Date Reviewed: July 31, 2013
Strengths: fantastic and plush all-forgiving suspension
good components setup for 2013 model
'normal' weight for 150mm travel bike - the weight which you expect it to be.
Weaknesses: external cabling
default tires (Maxxis Ardent 2.25) aren't good for wet terrain which I have in Moscow
Comparing to VPP suspension from SantaCruz GT's IDrive look a bit complex to maintain and clean, but it might be just a matter of practice
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Date Reviewed: June 3, 2013
Strengths: Its strength! this bike is amazing. I first got a GT force 1 aluminum and was so impressed I had to get the top shelf model. The suspension is active but never bouncy. If you have a BMX back ground or that type of riding style you will not be disappointed. I found the pivots easy to service - not that I needed to but when I first got it I wanted to see if it was a pain so I took it apart and serviced it and reassembled it - not difficult. Took me about an hour, maybe less next time. That was on the first force I bought and still have - has not needed to do it again yet
Weaknesses: Non as yet
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Date Reviewed: April 6, 2013
Strengths: Great value for money, sturdy frame, geometry, no pedal bob
Weaknesses: doesn't come with quick release collar for seat post
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I-drive is easy to maintain as it works just like a headset, all you need it a set of Allen keys.
Great for all-mountain riding, XC and beginner downhill tracks.
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2013
Strengths: gets you into mountain biking.
Weaknesses: oh where to begin ........ the only thing that is worth anything is the sektor forks. the wheels were garbage, the frame is garbage, and so is the drivetrain.
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Date Reviewed: November 25, 2012
Strengths: great looks - strongs welds - super easy to service pivots, and easy to get too - good price - great suspension design (Yeti SB66 is a knok-off of the idrive) yes it works and w/o the crappy pivot bearings the yeti has, read the reviews, lots of unhappy yeti customers.
Weaknesses: the derailuer hangers are really expensive
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Date Reviewed: September 17, 2012
Strengths: feels like it can take anything, solid bike. Adjustable seat post while riding. FAST on the downhill. great gearing for uphill sections
Weaknesses: none so far. except I miss my front suspension lockout switch I have on my other hybrid bike.
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I bought this Saturday (9.15.2012) at jensonUSA. Amazing price on the 2012 closeouts and they were so nice to put it together for me right there so I didn't have to drive back all the way from santa monica. I'm coming from a 2010 GT transeo 2.0 so this is my first full suspension bike and first mid level mountain bike. So far I love it.! I got more than twice as far up this trail than last time i went on my transeo due to the better gearing, and it feels a lot more rugged and stable. Gives ya more rider confidence. On the downhill it was Very Fast. My favorite feature is the HiLo adjustable seat post. Much nicer than jumping off the bike every ten minutes to adjust to the trail. Looks sick with the white paint and red aluminum hardware. All around I couldn't be happier and wish I had more free time to get out there.! also I got a Large frame and am about 6'1" and 225lbs. Seat seem a little high when I have it up for climbing but it might just be the difference in geo going from the transeo street/trail bike to a dedicated mountain bike. A few more rides and I'm sure the transeo will feel weird if/when I get back on it. If you wanna keep your bill under $1900 and get a killer bike, I think this is a great option. Also don't know how much it weighs but feels pretty light lifting it in and out of my buddies truck bed.
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Price Paid: $1831.00
Purchased At: jensonUSA
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2012
Strengths: bought in 2011, great bike, recently added Reverb seat post which changes ease of use and improves overall performance.
Weaknesses: creaks very quickly but first decent service sorts this out, fox talas front forks can be unreliable, away to fox for a full innards replacement so will update following further use, only 70 hours so under the recco'd 100 service interval. Line routing is poor but can be changes to prevent wear of frame
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Date Reviewed: May 26, 2012
Strengths: iDrive system, Feel solid, Decent parts
Weaknesses: Factory wheels don't stay true, Not of fan of the grips, Creaky, Powerlock on the chain (WTF?)
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Purchased At: Used
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2012
Strengths: Solid frame, not a lot of flex. Geometry. Smoothness over the rough jagged stuff. Ability to flatten any rough terrain with authority. Eats stumps and obstacles like they arent even there. Comfortable ride all day suspension
Weaknesses: Fox R rear shock, and Mag 32 Fork.....Dont even think about riding around with this fork....it absolutely SUCKS! Blew the seals on it the first time out. Hey, what do you expect from a good frame, value parts.....You are going to have to upgrade eventually to get the parts that you want on it.
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Overall though, I have been mountain biking for a pretty long time, and I have to say I have nothing but good things to say about this bike. It does just about everything right, and is very reliable....The Nevgal tires have been good to me. I hear a lot of people saying that they suck, but I have not had one flat......could have something to do with putting heavy duty green slime tubes on front and back. I agree that the tubes that came with the bike pinched too easily, but CHANGE THOSE TUBES, and you will not have a problem. I bash it pretty hard, and I recommend this bike whole-heartedly!
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Purchased At: Pink Bike
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2012
Strengths: suspension Idrive Pivot are amazing , I have problem riding hard tail, but this bike make smooth any dirt trail, power over any surface floor , grades on fork are amazing very secure for downhill
Weaknesses: cables running are rubbing frame , I have it to set some tie rod to stop and some electric tape, heavy compare to similar bikes
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Price Paid: $1600.00
Purchased At: on line
Similar Products Used: Mongose full supension coil, specialized hard tail
Bike Setup: all mountain bike
Date Reviewed: March 29, 2012
Strengths: Feels lighter than stated,exceptional climber,feels unburstable
Weaknesses: can creak if not lubed correctly ,they generally are not from factory,once relubed especially in pivots and spider you will have no creaks at all
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $3800.00
Bike Setup: standard but for the bars,melt those down for your boats anchor
Date Reviewed: March 29, 2012
Strengths: climbs very well handles well after u take the kenda nevagals off. consistent performer
Weaknesses: it will creak every now and then kinda heavy but sturdy front fork is kinda weak at small bumps but will take the big hits
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $1500.00
Purchased At: Performance Bike
Similar Products Used: mongoose giant cannondale
Bike Setup: Sram x-9 across the board Avid elixr 3 brakes kenda small block eight tires
Date Reviewed: October 24, 2011
Strengths: Light weight, Durable, performance, handles well on the down hill, independent drive train
Weaknesses: Could have gone with better handle bars, to many pivot points, the bike creeks after about six months
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $2200.00
Purchased At: Online
Similar Products Used: GT Avalanche 1.0
Bike Setup: 2009 GT Carbon Force Expert, full shimano XT build, FSA K force carbon handle bar.
Date Reviewed: October 11, 2011
Strengths: sub 30 weight, price, capability, comp spec, adjustable front travel
Weaknesses: cable rub, needs stock stem and bars replaced immediately, shocks-needs tuned and front talas needle broke off. the new ones come with tapered ht, stock rear maxle,one peice swingarm, and cable guides:(
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $2500.00
Purchased At: gaintnerd
Similar Products Used: gt mararthon
Bike Setup: stock except haven stem and bar and maxxis tires.
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Turning cloudy with some rain overnight. Mostly fine on Wednesday.
This Evening and Tonight:
There will be some clear spells during the first part of the night. It is then going to turn cloudier, with some patchy rain likely during the early hours. This means it will be a milder night than recently. Minimum Temperature 9C.
There will be some locally fairly heavy showers at first, but these should ease through the morning, to leave a mostly dry afternoon with some decent spells of sunshine. Maximum Temperature 19C.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Mostly dry and fine with some warm sunny spells on Thursday and Friday. Becoming cloudier into the weekend, with some patchy rain or drizzle at times.
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UK forecast for the next 5 days
Rain pushing southeastwards overnight, turning mostly fine for Wednesday.
This Evening and Tonight:
Cloud and outbreaks of rain across some northwestern parts will continue to push southeastwards, reaching southern and southeastern parts towards dawn. Clear spells and scattered showers will follow, these mainly affecting western and northern coasts.
The patchy rain will clear the southeast by midday. Then there should be plenty of dry weather with sunny spells and just a few well scattered showers. Breezy.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Southern and eastern parts starting dry and fine, but becoming cloudier into the weekend. Further north and west, generally cloudier, fresher and windier with some rain at times.
Issued at: 1700 on Tue 23 Sep 2014
Outlook for the UK over the next 6-30 days
UK Outlook for Sunday 28 Sep 2014 to Tuesday 7 Oct 2014:
Much of the UK should be largely dry through the beginning of the week. It will often be rather cloudy, although there may still be some sunny spells and isolated fog patches overnight. There should be rain at times in the north/northwest and it will become breezier here, with gales possible in the far north. Temperatures will be mostly near normal or rather warm by day, but widely well above average at night. Through the rest of the period it should continue generally dry with sunny spells, but more unsettled in the west and northwest with some rain and strong winds. Daytime temperatures are likely to remain near normal or rather warm, but nights should turn cooler with an increasing chance of ground frost, and some mist or fog patches.
UK Outlook for Tuesday 7 Oct 2014 to Tuesday 21 Oct 2014:
The broadly northwest-southeast split in the weather conditions is showing signs of persisting into mid-October. This pattern would leave southern, central and eastern parts tending to see the best of the weather with conditions often fine and dry. Occasional bouts of rain should still be expected, and mist and fog patches may be a problem during morning rush hours. Under the fine weather it should still feel pleasant with temperatures a little above average for the time of year. Further northwest, conditions are likely to be more unsettled with more frequent outbreaks of rain, these perhaps accompanied by strong winds. Temperatures here should be closer to average or perhaps even just below at times.
Issued at: 1700 on Tue 23 Sep 2014
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