My story in today's paper about BP gas and gas station baron Darshan Dhaliwal in no way meant to imply that Dhaliwal only supports Republicans.But that's exactly what the story did imply by only mentioning Dhaliwal's ties to a Republican.
As difficult as it might be to accept for those who thrive on stoking division in the community, I sincerely hope the explanation quells any concerns or confusion about bias and motivation on my part or the part of the Journal Sentinel.
Actually, the opening of this paragraph pretty much confirms it. So, those who think that the original story should have mentioned Dhaliwal's donations to the current governor as well as the former one are just stoking division in the community?
Guess the editors didn't think so. I do give them credit for correcting the record (and for tallying the donations from the entire company, not just Dhaliwal and his family personally):
Correction: An article Friday about BP gas and Mequon gasoline station baron Darshan Dhaliwal mentioned Dhaliwal's close ties to former Gov. Tommy Thompson but failed to mention that he also is a big supporter of Gov. Jim Doyle and other Democrats as well as Republicans. Dhaliwal's company, Bulk Petroleum, has given Doyle $42,000 in the last 10 years and a total of more than $110,000 to politicians on both sides of the aisle, according to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
