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Rob Finnerty didn’t whisper this accusation — he laid it out on national television: the Minnesota Star Tribune’s CEO has more than a conflict of interest, he has a credibility problem. Conservatives across the country have been watching as questions pile up about why a paper that once billed itself as watchdog would appear to minimize or “debunk” explosive claims about organized fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community, even as federal probes widened.
At the center of the outrage is Steve Grove, who before being elevated to lead the Star Tribune served in Gov. Tim Walz’s administration and maintained friendly communications afterward — facts confirmed by local reporting that should make any editor blush. That relationship isn’t just trivia; it’s the obvious first question when the state’s largest newspaper seems reluctant to press state leaders who might have been asleep at the wheel while billions were allegedly siphoned from taxpayers.
Meanwhile federal prosecutors and investigators have been forced to pick up the slack the press refused to provide, warning that the true scope of the fraud could be massive and still unfolding. Conservatives are right to seethe: hardworking Americans deserve to know whether billions vanished on watch of elected Democrats, and whether a hometown paper slowed the story to protect political pals instead of citizens.
Look at what happened on the ground: whistleblowers and local investigators flagged schemes for years, but the narrative from some journalists went straight to moralizing rather than investigating — accusing skeptics of racism while the money kept flowing out. That is exactly the sort of upside-down priority that liberals in the media have perfected: protect the tribe, shame the watchdogs, and let taxpayers foot the bill.
Rob Finnerty’s segment rightly connected these dots and demanded answers, reminding viewers that media elites are not above scrutiny when their choices look less like reporting and more like political cover. If a publisher maintains cozy ties to the governor and then oversees reporting that downplays massive fraud on the governor’s watch, the public is entitled to a full accounting — and to demand independent editors and real investigations.
This is not just about one scandal; it’s about the rot that sets in when newspapers choose ideology over investigation. The Star Tribune’s behavior — whether motivated by careerism, partisan favoritism, or fear of appearing “racist” — helped create the vacuum where fraud could multiply unchecked, and that failure must be answered for in public. America’s newspapers should be defenders of the public purse, not its gatekeepers.
And let’s be clear: conservatives are not calling for witch hunts against immigrants, we are calling for accountability and transparency. If criminal rings exploited programs, those criminals should be prosecuted and taxpayers made whole where possible, while the press that failed to report should explain itself — starting with the CEO and the board that hired him. The patience of ordinary Americans is wearing thin, and rightly so.
Finally, while the Star Tribune debates its conscience, the rest of the country is watching how local institutions either defend the public or defend power. Patriots who work for a living know what justice looks like: relentless truth-seeking, fair play, and consequences for failure. If the paper won’t clean house, elected officials and federal investigators must follow the money, expose the truth, and restore accountability to Minnesota and to every state where the people’s money has been betrayed.
