tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4662430175624645998.post652801875308650762..comments2024-01-23T03:44:40.712-07:00Comments on Eye On Albuquerque: The Smear EchoStealthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731275811633047695noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4662430175624645998.post-61357592754454518012008-03-11T11:56:00.000-06:002008-03-11T11:56:00.000-06:00I find your allegations against Representative Arn...I find your allegations against Representative Arnold-Jones personally offensive. Not only are you falling into the same "smear job" tactics of which you accuse her, I know from personal experience that had you spoken with her, or her daughter, you would have obtained a very different picture of the threats made by the White campaign and the vote-buying issues. Check your facts next time - you just lost a loyal reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4662430175624645998.post-57130780677769373602008-03-09T10:39:00.000-06:002008-03-09T10:39:00.000-06:00Laura,Excuse me if I'm being ignorant, but I've ne...Laura,<BR/><BR/>Excuse me if I'm being ignorant, but I've never heard of an "unfolding investigation".<BR/><BR/>I would hope that anyone reporting campaign improprieties would have all the facts before they start flapping lip.<BR/><BR/>Signed, A Concerened Democrat<BR/><BR/><BR/>As far as Denis D. goes: that man is known for stretching the truth and flat out dishonesty in some of his reporting. Why do you think he was abrutly let go from the city's largest paper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4662430175624645998.post-24495253633321684952008-03-07T09:37:00.000-07:002008-03-07T09:37:00.000-07:00Your lack of corroboration with ME says a lot abou...Your lack of corroboration with ME says a lot about YOU. You did not email me. You did not call me. Perhaps, if you had, you may have had a clearer picture of what actually transpired. I'm very disappointed in that you did exactly what Heath was accusing me of. You didn't corroborate your story. You just based it on what you'd read on the blogs. That is, the blogs YOU chose to read.<BR/><BR/>The facts are that three State Senators have been threatened by the White campaign. All have gone on record saying so. The A/G actually IS investigating these charges. You didn't mention it. Janice Arnold Jones' 20-year old daughter was called and threatened. Ah. You didn't mention it. There were "delegates" at the Convention who were paid. I now have a name. You wouldn't have known that since you didn't ask me.<BR/><BR/>I find it sad that you only regurgitated Heath's very unfair assessment. While he and I emailed a couples of times, he didn't even bother to speak to me by phone when a more substantive conversation could have taken place.<BR/><BR/>You don't even know me, yet you smeared me and my body of work without ever speaking to me personally. If you hold yourself out to be an expert and the "Eye on Albuquerque", I think you failed miserably and from my standpoint, miserably so. Your failure to get my side of the story doesn't lend much to your credibility. I was a daily reader of your blog. Now, I feel I can't trust anything you say. That's because I'm on your receiving end. It was unfair and inaccurate. <BR/><BR/>This was an unfolding investigative piece. One thing everyone seems to bury is that the FIRST story I did was with the state GOP spokesman Scott Darnell to allow him to dispute what I witnessed personally at the Bernalillio County Delegate Convention. <BR/>I never talked about Heather Wilson! She inserted herself, through her spokeswoman Whitney Cheshire (who also wrote a column for Heath Haussamen's blog until she joined Wilson's campaign), into the issue and drew a lot of attention to herself. As a journalist, a red flag goes up when people "doth protest too much." Her campaign continued to push it and push it. Why is that?<BR/>As the story unfolded, here was the order of the pieces:<BR/>-GOP Spokesman "Scott Darnell setting straight the record on how delegates are always vetted;<BR/>-Former Governor Dave Cargo, running a Ward table (that I witnessed) alarmed at what HE witnessed.<BR/>-My pieces were pulled before I ever got a chance to talk with anyone else. I told "News Director" Pat Allen that I would call both Wilson and White campaigns the following morning.<BR/>Remember, this was an unfolding investigative series. Most people don't listen to one piece and let it go if they're truly interested.<BR/>AGAIN, LET ME BE CLEAR. I NEVER TARGETED HEATHER WILSON. NEVER SAID A WORD ABOUT HER! If you check www.bradblog.com, you'll see my original scripts from both days of the stories I did. If you can find Heather Wilson in any of my copy, wow....<BR/><BR/>In addition, THREE State Senators complained to the state A/G about intimidation tactics and threats made against them and their families by Darren White's campaign. All of this has been documented. Unfortunately, I didn't get to THAT part of the story. I just couldn't work for KKOB another day. And, this wasn't the first time they had pushed the limits with ethics. I had filed a complaint with the Poynter Institute about the first incident several months ago.<BR/><BR/>If voters have any sense, they'll pay attention to these threat allegations. It doesn't bode well for someone who claims to be Bernalillio County's top law enforcement officer, now running for Congress. In addition, Wilson's campaign has now admitted they paid the $30 entrance fee for at least five "delegates" at the Bernalillio County Delegate Convention. Wouldn't you think that those five people were so grateful to Wilson that they'd vote for her? It's not a stretch to figure out how THAT works. <BR/><BR/>Like I said to Heath. Shame on you. <BR/><BR/>Laura MacCallumLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497534204212549993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4662430175624645998.post-2419456652270191252008-03-06T21:42:00.000-07:002008-03-06T21:42:00.000-07:00"These types of silly rumors" have substance that ..."These types of silly rumors" have substance that your readers would be well served to actually know about. It's a shame that you are misleading them by telling them that charges, made by now at least 3 elected Republican officials and a Libertarian news anchor are somehow the creation of the "Democrat [sic]" blog world.<BR/><BR/>For actual information, instead of spin, I hope your readers will check out some of the actual facts behind the smear job posted above:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5768" REL="nofollow">http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5768</A><BR/><BR/>Your allegations that "Laura McCallum [sic]" reported "allegations that she could not corroborate" is not only uncorroborated, it is also out and out incorrect.<BR/><BR/>Finally, in lauding Heath Haussamen, since I suspect it's politically expedient for the writers at this site to do so, you should bother to do due dilligence before hand. Mr. Haussamen failed a number of journalistic practices in his report which decried the journalistic practices of others.<BR/><BR/>Beginning with the fact that he has some serious conflict of interest problems on this story, yet failed to disclose them to readers. So I will do so for you here:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5770" REL="nofollow">http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5770</A><BR/><BR/>While it shouldn't be necessary, given the blog item I'm responding to it apparently is: I have mercilessly smashed up the DemocratIC Party in NM for their disastrous Super Tuesday Caucus. <BR/><BR/>I don't have a Democratic or Republican dog in the hunt. I am supporting the VOTERS and the Rule of Law and American democracy, and it'd be nice if you folks decided to do the same.<BR/><BR/>Brad Friedman<BR/>Editor/Publisher, The BRAD BLOG<BR/><A HREF="http://www.BradBlog.com" REL="nofollow">http://www.BradBlog.com</A>BradFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429553074253696138noreply@blogger.com