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On Thursday, the numerous calls for the scandal-ridden and liberal Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber to resign grew even louder as the State Treasurer and top leaders in the Democratically-controlled legislature urged Kitzhaber to leave amid numerous investigations into both he and his fiancé, who had received paid state contracts while living in the governor’s mansion, her inability to report over $100,000 on her tax returns.
With the Secretary of State referring to the Governor’s behavior Thursday as “strange” and “bizarre,” one would think that the media would devote time to a story that has dominated the Beaver State and could lead to a longtime Governor leaving office in disgrace.
Alas, the networks refused to cover it on both their Thursday evening and Friday morning broadcasts. The omission is arguably surprising, considering that reliably liberal outlets in MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show and The New York Times have recently reported on it.