Why? Because it didn’t present him in necessarily a positive light. So, he’s fine with dissent…as long as it favors him. There are two Americas, you see… The News Observer reports:
A UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor said John Edwards’ presidential campaign tried to kill a student’s video story about his campaign headquarters.
Associate Professor C.A. Tuggle said two top staffers for the former North Carolina senator demanded that the school drop the segment from the student-run television program “Carolina Week.” They also asked to have the video removed from the YouTube Web site.
Tuggle said they threatened to cut off access to Edwards for UNC student reporters and other student groups if the piece aired.
“My gosh, what are they thinking?” Tuggle said. “They’re spending this much time and effort on a student newscast that has about 2,000 viewers? They’re turning a molehill into a mountain.”
The Edwards campaign’s response?
A spokeswoman for the Edwards campaign said it had no problem with student reporters.
“This is silly,” campaign spokeswoman Colleen Murray said in a statement. “We love all reporters, the problem is the feeling isn’t always mutual.”
The campaign would not answer questions about the incident.
What the hell does that mean? Did you, or did you not, try to silence the report?
Anyway, the video’s not been taken down from YouTube yet, so enjoy:
by Stephan Tawney on Fri, Oct 26, 2007