Frank Kratovil Wants a Retraction …
Frank Kratovil and his minions seem to be upset about Andy Harris’ latest ad:
Good!
Frank Kratovil and his acolytes want an apology. … I don’t think so!
Why? For starters, neither Andy Harris, nor his campaign has done anything wrong. In fact, they were quite diligent in their fact checking for this matter.
Trending: President Trump Must Be Reelected
The Daily Times printed an article with a quote from Frank Kratovil – “We Solved the Crisis.” Kratovil says that he was misquoted. Fair enough.
Kratovil’s shills in the blogosphere have been claiming for a week that they had audio to disprove the quote. Fair enough.
However, the Daily Times did not print a correction for over a week. Suddenly, one day after Harris begins running an ad highlighting “We Solved the Crisis” the Daily Times claims that they’ve heard audio of the statement and they made a mistake.
Now, IF the paper had corrected the statement in a timely fashion they would have some credibility. IF the Kratovil campaign released the ENTIRE, UNEDITED audio of the event, they might have a little credibility on this issue.
That’s not what has happened.
Daily Times Executive Editor Greg Bassett has told me on several occasions that he divorces himself from any coverage of this race because of his wife Cathy’s association with Rep. Wayne Gilchrest. I have no reason to doubt him. Therefore, all decisions regarding this matter would have been ultimately made by Managing Editor Erick Sahler.
I have no evidence that Sahler is colluding with the Kratovil campaign on this matter. However, I don’t believe in coincidence in politics. The “coincidence” of the Daily Times correcting a supposed misquote AFTER the release of the Harris ad (while correcting this “error” in a front page story rather than in the normal correction slot) is a bit much even if I did believe in coincidence.
It’s a little odd that from the time of the original article (which was subsequently altered online) until yesterday, the Daily Times took the time to correct:
- A reciped for “Soft and Tender Dinner Rolls” on 10/09
- The amount of scholarship money to be awarded by the Community Foundation on 10/10
- The fact that Sharon Yost works for PNC Bank on 10/11
- along with several other relatively minor corrections …
Yet, the management and staff of the local arm of Gannett couldn’t find the time to correct what appears to be a grievous error in the most important local political race this year. Hmmm…
Undoubtedly we’ll here more hissy-fits from the Kratovil clan (and the occasional self-annointed, self-identifed pious Republican). Go at it. Mi server es su server.
Just give me a little evidence. Like the COMPLETE audio rather than some short, edited snippet.
Attack me all you want. If you want to whine about Harris, fine. Just answer me this –
Is the opposing campaign, after taking a supposedly reputable newspaper at its word and then waiting over a week to see if they corrected this supposed error responsible for this? If so, how?
Oh, I know. They aren’t supposed to run any ads unless Frank Kratovil personally approves them beforehand.
Sorry guys. Your chosen candidate not only looks twelve, he behaves that way too.
PS –
I will be on the road all day today. I probably won’t be checking comments until I get back. If you feel the need to contact me directly (for purposes of bitching … or not) feel free to email me at delmarvadealings@gmail.com
cross posted at Delmarva Dealings
