Biased Minnesota media reporting facilitated Somali fraud
A biased Minnesota newspaper knew about Somali fraud but was too woke and politically correct to place this fraud on blast. Journalists were told that if they reported a story related to the fraud, their organization would be seen as “racist”. This problem festered for years, but the Minnesota Star Tribune did not want to post stories detailing what many Somalis were doing. When the publication did report the story, it tried to soften the issue by painting the Somalis as dealing with fraud cases while pushing back against stereotypes.
From Fox News:
“In newsrooms, they’re told, ‘We can’t run that because we’re going to be accused of being racist,'” Townhall columnist Dustin Grage recently told Fox News Digital about news outlets in Minnesota essentially enabling the fraud by not calling out shocking taxpayer waste occurring primarily within the local Somali community.
The outlet that is considered by many the top news source in the region, the Minnesota Star Tribune, has faced criticism on social media in recent days over some of its headlines, including “Minnesota Somali community grapples with fraud cases while pushing back against stereotypes” on Nov. 26 and “Trump claims Minnesota lost billions to fraud. The evidence to date isn’t close” on Dec. 11.
On Thursday, federal prosecutors held a press conference where they revealed that the true scope of the fraud scandal could end up costing taxpayers around $9 billion, prompting some conservatives on social media to point out the Dec. 11 headline.
“The Minnesota Star Tribune masquerades as a newspaper,” New York Post columnist Miranda Devine posted on X. “It’s actually a Democrat front, hiding news, twisting facts, lying outright. One of the worst in the country.”
Additionally, the paper’s CEO is Steve Grove, who served as Gov. Tim Walz’s former commissioner of employment and economic development, which has sparked criticism from some who say that the paper is hesitant to pin Walz to the fraud crisis.
Fox News Digital spoke to several locals who argued that media outlets either didn’t cover the scandal thoroughly enough or, in cases where it was covered, Walz’s oversight role was downplayed.
“The Minnesota Star Tribune has proven itself to be nothing more than communist fish wrap,” Republican House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who represents Minnesota 6th Congressional District, told Fox News Digital.
“They’ve shown their true colors throughout their sorry coverage of the massive fraud in my home state. Fraudsters stole over a billion dollars from taxpayers on Tim Walz and [state Attorney General] Keith Ellison’s watch. However, the blame also falls on the largest, most widely read newspaper in the state for failing to hold Minnesota’s so-called ‘leaders’ accountable as decent journalism requires. Their bias stinks to high heaven, but that’s not surprising given that their top dog is a former Tim Walz appointee.”
Additional Reading:
Miller, A. M. (2025, December 21). Media ‘complicity’ blamed as feds say Minnesota fraud crisis could reach $9B: ‘Shown their true colors’. Fox News. Link.
Category: Democrats, Government Incompetence, Liberals suck
It’s well known as a leftist rag in the state. St Paul Pioneer Press is better, but if you want real news you gotta go to the new media. Alpha News with Liz Collin isn’t afraid of hurting feelings to speak the truth. And she’s easy on the eyes. She doesn’t back down from the woke mob, even when it came to her house.
Easy on the eyes?
She is old.
She looks like Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, not in the first Terminator, but in the last one.
If you want to deny biology, by all means.
There is a reason why the old and powerful always go for the young and attractive.
And as long as it is between consenting adults, it is ok. Though Mick Jagger probably took it too far.
I REALLY don’t want to sound racist, but why is it that these skinnies have triangular shaped heads? I’ve also heard the average IQ there is somewhere around 70…and we let them into this country? A bunch of stupid Mohammedans? I guess we’re dumber for allowing it.
That’s what inbreeding will do to a population.
My country against the world
My clan against the country
My family against the clan
My brother and I against the family
I against my brother
Supposedly a Somalian folk saying. And we let these fuckers into the country?
I spent a summer in Somalia, 1993. Can’t say I was terribly impressed, although the Belgian Army unit I was supporting was pretty damn awesome, though. A lot of the firefights I saw were families against families, so I’d agree with your post.
You got Hack thinking back four years ago when Donald Trump was the target of The Woke Left for referring to “Third World shitholes”, Hack Stone posted a list of “You Might Be from A Third World shithole If…”, and one of the better ones was “If 93% of your tourism dollars are generated from UN Peacekeeping Forces, you may be from a Third World Shithole.”
In 1993, “third-world shithole” would’ve been a 150% improvement for Somalia.
:Somalia: The best fourth world country.
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As dramatized by Hollyweird:
When I watch “Blackhawk Down”, I can smell that place. A captivating aroma of charcoal, body odor, and hot rotten garbage.
“The enemy of my friend is my enemy”
“The friend of my enemy is my enemy”
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend”
Old Middle Eastern Proverb, IMHO it’s no wonder why that part of this world is this planet’s smelly-ass sphincter!
And I thought that their IQ was down to ZERO POINT DIP SHIT.
They could f*ck-up f*cktardery.
I absolutely am not arguing anything that you said, but I think that the size of the fraud and amount(s) stolen they had to have some help from somewhere if they actually are that low of IQ.
I figure that I know where that help came from. Don’t you??
They did.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/meet-minnesotas-fraud-mastermind-accused-playing-god-wielding-fake-racism-claims-somali-scandal
That’s her!
Well, their IQ is high enough to steal the taxpayers money by the billions.
Though that’s probably a measure of government incompetence rather than Somalian prowess.
And Walz being a retard..
No surprise at all to me, woke bias is everywhere in the mainstream snooze media!
We’ve known it as the Minneapolis Red Star for over 50 years.
Media? Lying? I’m shocked! Shocked, I say!
We seriously don’t hate the media enough!!!
My thought exactly.
I’m just as glad that no media has ever approached me for an interview, otherwise I’d be talking to a’y’all from the wrong side of the Graybar Hotel.
At this point, anyone taking “news” put out by a media source at face value is a fool condemning themselves to live in ignorance. Sure, there are some more reputable sources–usually considered “fringe” by the mainstream, but if something manages to pique my interests, I’ll read and/or watch multiple sources. Granted, that doesn’t keep me from being ignorant; what goes unreported remains unknown by all of us.
That’s why today’s sponsor is Ground News…
Just kidding, but I did (do?) have that app for a while. It’s a shame, but just about every news outlet has a bias, and that’s been the case for probably as long as the media’s been around. Yellow journalism never dies, it just evolves with the times.
Which is why half of the country can vote democrat and honestly feel it’s the best for the country.
Oh and voter fraud! We also have voter fraud!
Lot’s of voter fraud. Lot’s.
81 million votes:
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Like the old saying misattributed to Twain goes, “If you don’t read the papers, you’re uninformed, but if you do read the papers, you’re misinformed.”
And no. You can’t hate the media enough.
Someone supports the The Star. Wonder if Soros has them on his Christmas list.
Do they actually print a paper made from newsprint? There was a time when I actually liked reading newspapers and would go to the library to read them from different places.
Alas, libraries are fading into obscurity. The electronic media variants have been Ok. iPad is worn out but one of those Kindle rigs might hold some promise.