ICYMI McClatchy Editorial Board Colludes With Democrat Cal Cunningham Campaign
October 1, 2020
For Immediate Release
Raleigh, NC - A new report from the Washington Examiner shows that McClatchy’s editorial board edited out embarrassing footage of Cal Cunningham getting pressed about his shady development deals. The footage of the embarrassing interview was uploaded then edited out retroactively.
“Newspapers are supposed to report the truth not cover for embarrassing moments for Democrats,” said NCGOP Press Secretary Tim Wigginton. “Apparently, Cal Cunningham will only venture out of his windowless basement to talk to journalists whose reporting he has editorial control over”
Read excerpts from the article here:
“The top spokeswoman for North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham interrupted a reporter who joined the candidate’s interview with the Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News & Observer's editorial boards over a question about his controversial involvement with a development project.”
“The awkward exchange was mistakenly uploaded as part of a full video earlier in the week, then removed, and then edited out of the full editorial board interview officially posted to the Charlotte Observer website Thursday.”
“But his advantage comes after considerable criticism of his work as a lawyer for Southern Durham Development, particularly its 751 South Development in Durham.”
“The video was found earlier this week in an automatic video player on a Durham Herald-Sun article and was later replaced with a video about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, according to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The Charlotte Observer, Raleigh News & Observer, and the Durham Herald-Sun are all owned by McClatchy.”
“The Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News & Observer each published a lengthy joint editorial board interview with Cunningham on Thursday, but the video was almost six minutes shorter than the one that apparently mistakenly appeared on the Durham Herald-Sun page — 50 minutes and 56 seconds versus 56 minutes and 28 seconds. The edition released earlier this week does not include the exchange with Cunningham’s spokeswoman.”
“NC opinion editor Peter St. Onge of the Charlotte Observer, Raleigh News & Observer, and Durham Herald-Sun told the Washington Examiner that the unedited version including the discussion was published ‘inadvertently and in error.’”
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