When Carolina Journal Associate Editor Sara Burrows wrote that the federal government’s attack on salt could have unintended consequences for items such as country ham, other media outlets took notice. The Wall Street Journal‘s WSJ.com promoted Burrows’ article and promised “we’ll give you our salt when you take it from our cold, dead hams.” RedState.com also noted Burrows’ work, along with the New Ledger, Meat Trade News Daily, and DailyYonder.com. Burrows discussed her article with the Heartland Institute’s Ben Domenech for his podcast. Fellow CJ Associate Editor David Bass earned radio airtime this week with WBT’s Tara Servatius. They discussed Bass’ exclusive article on the dim prospects of the General Assembly taking up Republican-sponsored legislation that would allow North Carolinians to opt out of portions of the federal health-care reform legislation. The Lincoln Tribune also published that story, along with Bass’ exclusive on the Club for Growth’s latest ratings of North Carolina’s congressional delegation. The group N.C. Freedom also publicized the Club for Growth story on its website. The Lincoln Tribune promoted this week Meck Deck blogger Jeff Taylor‘s article about taxpayers in Davidson and Mooresville being forced to foot the bill to bail out a failing municipal broadband service. Both the Lincoln Tribune and the Fraternal Order of Police website took note of Carolina Journal Radio Co-Host Donna Martinez‘s article about federal legislation that would overrule state restrictions on collective bargaining for government employees. Meanwhile, N.C. Senate Republicans and the Lincoln Tribune publicized CJ contributor Sarah Okeson‘s latest report on the fees charged by a state pension fund manager tied to former state Treasurer Richard Moore. The Senate GOP also promoted contributor Karen McMahan‘s article about state education officials’ efforts to mislead the federal government while applying for Race to the Top education funding.