Re: WBZ-AM protects purity of airwaves again

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com>]

Joe Ross writes of Gary LaPierre:

>I thought there was some way he could indicate what McGovern said by
some
>euphemism, or else he shouldn't use the story.  He kept saying that I
>wanted him to lose his job.  I didn't, but I still think he shouldn't
have
>told the story without the punchline.

...but didn't his reporting that the Senator's words were expletive
deleted get you to perk up and get involved in the process (and, one
can assume, a few others)?  Such an account is a story unto itself,
that a candidate spams a reporter when pressed (pardon the pun).  On a
positive note, if such an exchange were to happen today, a reporter
could be forced to ponder whether or not the remark was a jab or an
invitation....

Bill O'Neill

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