By THE ALASKA STORY
Mary Peltola’s US Senate campaign has removed a social media post calling for a ban on factory trawling after the Anchorage Daily News reported that it used the newspaper’s footage without permission.
The footage was shot by then-ADN photojournalist Loren Holmes aboard the Northern Hawk in 2023. Holmes filmed the Alaska-owned factory trawler hauling in a net full of pollock for a story about its efforts to avoid catching salmon. The campaign used that reporting to illustrate an attack on the trawling industry.
The episode lands during an already difficult week for Peltola. A New York Times investigation published Wednesday described allegations from former aides that she used offensive slurs, sent profane messages and shoved an employee. Peltola did not answer reporters’ questions about the story after an Anchorage event Wednesday.
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Yet the ADN made sure to get in an endorsement of Peltola. In an ADN opinion column Thursday, former Gov. Tony Knowles urged Alaskans to trust Peltola. He wrote that she “shows up” and “puts Alaska first, every single time.” He said he knows her very well.
“I’ve known Mary Peltola for decades. While I was in the governor’s office, I worked alongside her when she was a state legislator, tackling some of the toughest issues facing our state. What’s always stood out is this: She shows up for Alaska’s working families, and she puts Alaska first, every single time,” Knowles wrote, even while national media is widely reporting the New York Times allegations, including her wishing death-by-botched-abortion on someone. And her referring to people as “faggots” and “retards.”
Knowles apparently is not willing to admit that she missed 18.6% of votes when she was in the Alaska House and over 17.2%of votes when she was in the US House. The median missed votes for House members serving at the end of 2024 was about 2.2%, making her an outlier.
Knowles’ endorsement raises a question: What does he make of the former aides’ accounts? The allegations concern how Peltola treated people who worked for her, and voters deserve to hear her address them directly.
The ADN defended its financial interests when a campaign used its photo without permission. Its readers did not get, as of the publication time of this report, scrutiny of the far more serious evidence of character flaws in a candidate asking to represent Alaska in the US Senate. Nearly a full day after the New York Times expose, the Anchorage Daily News is silent.
9 thoughts on “ADN took note that Peltola swiped its photo. Where’s its coverage of the New York Times allegations?”
Knowles has been a “has been” for decades. He won’t go sideways with the ADN either. Knowles put Ryan Binkley’s dad on the Alaska Railroad Board where he still serves after more than three decades. Rich families and politicians take care of each other.
Binkley’s are severely compromised. Alleged Republicans, but clearly in the Democrat camp, LGBTQ, land acknowledgements, etc. RINOs at best. And none are electable in the future. Bethel elected John Binkley in the 80’s. But nothing outside of Bethel. Their sphere of influence is limited to Democrats with TDS and South Central Alaska Marxists. Tourists who ride the cruise ships and paddle boats up in Fairbanks don’t vote in Alaska.
That chameleon that goes by the name “Meatball” is going to ride that blue wave all the way from Alaska to Washington D.C. I look forward to the campaign signs featuring him! The lizard is fortunate he wasn’t raised by Kristi Noem. That twisted saga involved a “Cricket” also.
Damon,
My psychiatric offices are open with extended hours. Please check in early, though. Triage is fairly simple: Democrats enter through the left door. Intake and diagnosis is routine at that point. However, treatment takes a long time with TDS. I don’t use shock treatment and no lengthy reverse indoctrination. Medication is the preferred alternative. Routine Medicare Plan D allows even the most crippling cases, such as yours, to be prescribed. Come soon and join your friends. Group therapy allows song and some cross dressing to ease the pain. Extended treatment usually takes 6 months to a year.
Now we know why Murkowski demanded Medicaid be restored in full. With so many brainless people out in the villages, the psychiatric offices could never expect to get paid by all of those welfare patients. And they still can’t spell or pronounce Murkowski’s name.
It is hard to get conservative people to work as reporters or editors in the newspaper world. They find more lucrative work. Even the most conservative newspaper owners have newspapers that publish liberal slanted pieces. Conservative reporters are hard to find. It’s all about the earnings and the money.. if you own a newspaper you either hire liberals or you will not have a staff. Period! Reporters believe they are the most important people and are being underpaid. And they probably are not paid fairly. Nobody else will hire them. So, we get slant from them.
Where did they dig up Knowles? He too is a has been.
Funny statement. I actually used to call my own brothers, “Faggot” and “Retard,” because they were. I don’t like to mince words, but those are terms of affection too. They had names for me. “Blitzer,” “PeeWee,” “Cruncher,” and “Alkie,” to name a few. But when push came to shove, they could give me a swift kick in my skinny little arse…….and I never complained. Because I knew that afterwards a bottle of my favorite gutrot would be gift wrapped, waiting for me.
Cole is such a pile of garbage. He is the Democrat’s last hope for a barage of hit pieces on conservatives while pretending to appear academic. LOL. His writing is pretty amateurish for an old, over the hill journalist. Nothing of value or originality, or any kindness. Just rotten turmoil and chaos spitting out of his keyboard. His followers are a few grumpy old Democrats who have personal axes to grind against other people who have successful lives. Cole is a bottom feeder and bottom dweller. And a begger. The alcohol has about done him in, at least according to reliable relatives.