NM Politics.net - Public Regulation Commissioner
Ben Hall recently blasted the media for
its coverage of the scandal surrounding one of his colleagues,
Jerome Block Jr. Hall criticized the media for not covering “good news” about the PRC and said Block “has not been charged with one thing at this point.” “Now, there’s a lot of allegations. In this country you’re supposed to be presumed innocent until you’re proven guilty, but the press wants to prove you’re guilty first, and you’ve got to prove yourself innocent, and I don’t appreciate that,” Hall said, according to the
Santa Fe Reporter. It’s not really surprising that Hall, who’s had his own problems in the past and managed to dodge scrutiny during last year’s campaign, would apparently think the media shouldn’t report on potential abuses of taxpayer money and other issues at the scandal-plagued PRC. But it’s still disappointing. Let me remind Hall of my 2009 column illustrating the reality that the PRC is a microcosm of New Mexico’s corrupt political system (read it
here).
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The PRC needs more public scrutiny, not less
NM Politics.net - Public Regulation Commissioner Ben Hall recently blasted the media for its coverage of the scandal surrounding one of his colleagues, Jerome Block Jr. Hall criticized the media for not covering “good news” about the PRC and said Block “has not been charged with one thing at this point.” “Now, there’s a lot of allegations. In this country you’re supposed to be presumed innocent until you’re proven guilty, but the press wants to prove you’re guilty first, and you’ve got to prove yourself innocent, and I don’t appreciate that,” Hall said, according to the Santa Fe Reporter. It’s not really surprising that Hall, who’s had his own problems in the past and managed to dodge scrutiny during last year’s campaign, would apparently think the media shouldn’t report on potential abuses of taxpayer money and other issues at the scandal-plagued PRC. But it’s still disappointing. Let me remind Hall of my 2009 column illustrating the reality that the PRC is a microcosm of New Mexico’s corrupt political system (read it here). Read more
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