Idaho Paper Attacked By Senator Craig Hits Back

[antiimperialist]

By E&P Staff

Published: August 29, 2007 9:00 AM ET

NEW YORK In a brief statement to the press on Tuesday -- following news of his arrest in June for certain activities in an airport men's room -- Sen. Larry Craig blamed The Idaho Statesman in Boise for all of his legal and political troubles. He said the paper had been on a "witch hunt" and had "viciously harassed" him, among other charges.

Bill Murray, managing editor, in response issued the following statement: "As our story today demonstrated, we followed leads and asked questions. We worked hard and behaved responsibly, not publishing a story until it was ready. We didn’t print anything until the senator pleaded guilty. Our story outlined what we’ve done and it speaks for itself."

Read more:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003632658

And read the complete Idaho Statesman editorial in their website.

[mikelgb]

1. I bet it was one of theier reporters who yelled ...."

"what if you are gay?" as he was ending his press conference.

[BOSSHOG]

2. As I tell any republican under investigation

It is a witchhunt, if you are a witch.

[Tempest]

3. NPR had the reporter of the story on yesterday

According to him, the Statesman hadn't run any stories on Craig before yesterday's.

He said they investigated leads before but felt the sources weren't reliable enough to run a story in the past.

It wasn't until Craig's arrest that they ran a story on him.


Craig is history.