Randell Beck, the Argus Leader's executive editor, wrote the following statement on the Argus Leader's "blog" last Friday regarding Senator Daschle's recent fundraising swing through the Hamptons:
Dave from Brookins writes: "What you don't address is the question of why Argus leader (sic) doesn't in fact cover news stories which would appear to be damaging to (Tom) Daschle?'" Dave's "evidence"? "Surely his trip to the hamptons warranted a story, or the fact that he's refused debates repeatedly?" Well, yes, Dave. And if you'd read, you'd realize Daschle's fundraising visit to the Hamptons has been reported at least twice in this newspaper.
(Emphasis added.) The assertion made by Beck in the last sentence in the blockquote above is flatly false. It's a fiction. After doing thorough research of every single hard copy edition of the Argus Leader since August 8, when Daschle's fundraiser in the Hamptons was reported in the New York Times, no such report can be found. Not one. Certainly not two. None.
It's interesting to note that in the same post Beck asserts the fiction that the AL has reported on Daschle's trip to the Hamptons "at least twice," he decries people who "fail to let the facts get in their way." It's a fact that the Argus Leader has never reported on Daschle's fundraiser in the Hamptons, but it seems when the facts aren't on Randell Beck's side, he conveniently makes them up.
The headline to Beck's post reads "I probably shouldn't but...". No, Mr. Beck, as executive editor of the state's largest newspaper, with a heavy responsibility to report all of the relevant political news to the voters, you probably shouldn't make up the facts.
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