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Update: A day after Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s Senate campaign said she wasn’t a member of Phi Beta Kappa, her aides said Wednesday that the Democrat had been inducted into the national honor society. A representative of Phi Beta Kappa said the same. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

wsj.comExclusive | Minnesota Senate Candidate, in Reversal, Says She Is a Member of Honor SocietyThe day after her campaign said she couldn’t afford the fees to become member of Phi Beta Kappa, Flanagan said she was a member.

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OOOOO @wsj.com What a bombshell bit of reporting. Did you do the same with Musk/Trump and Starshield. All of your bombshell reporting should be viewed with skepticism. It seems you have an agenda and it is not accuracy or democracy.

Love that you're hours late to your own update bsky.app/profile/star...

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com

Hours after the Wall Street Journal published a story questioning Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s claim she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa” from the University of Minnesota, the national honor society said that she is a member.

I don't know what would inspire you to make such a comment, given that 1) Phi Beta Kappa says Flanagan is a member 2) The Wall Street Journal says the PBK membership fee at U of Minn is $99. Whatever your motivations, you are wrong and should delete it.

@thepressbox.bsky.social how does this happen? How does the Murdochs' supposedly "down the middle" political reporting part of the WSJ a) not verify w the actual organization first and b) think whether a candidate graduated Phi Beta Kappa is worthwhile potential "scandal" less than two weeks out?

Bwahahahaha. You fucking clowns. You break a big story about massive corruption in the Administration and then your hack editors and fascist bosses demand some equal time, you cook up the stupidest, most irrelevant story possible and manage to fuck it up by not even making a cursory check.

We get it: you need a counterwieght to all the GOP lying and corruption. If you insist on this course, no matter how trivial the supposed dem transgression, just make sure it's true before publishing.