Yesterday, you’ll remember, the Republic front page was all abuzz with talk at this year’s All-Star Game in Anaheim about boycotting next year’s game, which is currently scheduled for Chase Field in Phoenix.

Funny, today the paper fronts another big story about the All-Star Game coming to Phoenix…

… with nary a word about boycotts or SB 1070.

The same writer, too—Nick Piecoro.


This is what I hate about the Republic. How dishonest it is.

From the outside, it sure does seem like there were some high-level discussions at the paper about the splashiness of the possible boycott story Tuesday.

One might even speculate that some behind-the-scenes power brokers with some financial interest in the game’s being held here gave the paper hell.

And then, obviously, someone ordered up a “redo”—essentially the same story, scrubbed of anything that might offend the town’s sports swells.

It’s almost like rewriting history.