Alaska Republican Joe Miller has every right to hate the media. The state’s top TV station was stupid enough to leave a voicemail in which the news director and an unidentified reporter are clearly heard plotting to create last second smears against the Senate candidate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftAylfUoogg
Here’s how BigGovernment.com tells the sordid tale:
The following voice mail message was inadvertently left on the cell phone of Joe Miller campaign spokesperson Randy DeSoto.
The voices are believed to be those of the news director for CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA, along with assignment editor Nick McDermott, and other reporters, openly discussing creating, if not fabricating, two stories about Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Joe Miller.
… It was later authenticated by McDermott, who sent a text to Randy DeSoto stating, “Damn iPhone… I left you a long message. I thought I hung up. Sorry.”
Clearly the reporters were conspiring to set up some type of smear of Joe Miller. With glee, they even cite a recent controversy over an incident involving the Rand Paul campaign, while discussing how they would spread the story via social media after whatever incident they had in mind came off.
The Miller campaign responded immediately:
Now the media has gone from trying to create stories to openly lying. The audio was pulled directly from the voicemail message. Nothing was altered. “Everything that was recorded on my phone is what we released without change,” said Randy Desoto.
Joe Miller hates the media. Welcome to the club, Joe.
Update: Sarah Palin responds to smear campaign against Joe Miller
H/T: BigGovernment.com
