Gratehouse: When you're up, why pick a fight with a TV network?

HighGround, Jan Brewer’s campaign consulting firm posted a butthurt missive on their blog.

Are the number crunchers of parent company Meredith Corp. back in Des Moines putting the screws on journalist integrity in exchange for corporate profit? Or is management asleep at the switch while its on-air talent is using them to build their video resumes for greener pastures?

Front and center in this mess is VP/General Manager Ed Munson and his New Mexico import News Director, Michelle Donaldson. As many longtime Channel 5 insiders will tell you, management is letting the inmates run the Channel 5 asylum.

Chief exhibit is the maniacal Morgan Loew, 5i Team Reporter. It seems Morgan is itching to get out of his native Arizona and head to the network big-time. Why hang around dusty ‘ole Phoenix when the glamour and fame the glitzy 24-hour news grind awaits?

But in order to do that, you need to gain national attention—stints with national media shows—venues like MSNBC’s ‘Rachel Maddow Show.”

Waaaaah! This is classic projection. Jan Brewer’s private prison consultant buddies get caught with their pants down and try to accuse the messenger of doing the same thing they’re doing.

I got a lot of enjoyment out of Channel 5’s coverage of the debate tonight. They showed Jan in all her awkward dumbstruck glory during the debate and then scurrying away from reporters' tough questions afterward. They were just “Telling It Like It Is” on KPHO.