Ethics

False Allegations of Intimidation by Obama Campaign

By Ed Brayton

I've already criticized the Obama campaign for trying to intimidate TV stations and threaten them with retaliation if they air an ad the campaign says is inaccurate, now let me criticize a similar allegation that is false. The Worldnutdaily and many other conservative sources are claiming that Obama is trying to get prosecutors and sheriffs to prosecute those who make or air such ads.

A team of Obama-supporting prosecutors and sheriffs in Missouri is preparing to pursue legal challenges to any presidential campaign ads deemed to be false or misleading.

KMOV-TV in St. Louis reports District Attorney Robert McCulloch, a past president of the National District Attorneys Association, said that whether the ads could be attributed to an opponent's campaign itself, or another organization, "If they're not going to tell the truth, somebody's got to step up and say, 'That's not the truth. This is the truth.'"

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).