McCain campaign ‘steered’ reporters to hoax attack story

from ThinkProgress:



McCain campaign ‘steered’ reporters to hoax attack story.»

Yesterday on NBC News, Brian Williams revealed that the McCain campaign quietly “steered” the media toward the story, now proven to be a hoax, about a young volunteer, Ashley Todd, being attacked by an Obama supporter:



Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/25/mccain-hoax/


TPM’s Greg Sargent also reported yesterday on the McCain campaign’s involvement in pushing the hoax, with a spokesman allegedly telling reporters that the attacker told the victim, “Oh you’re with McCain, you’re with the McCain campaign? I’m going to teach you a lesson.”

Update Todd is now reportedly "upset with the media for blowing this into a political firestorm."

Update ThinkProgress spoke with a representative from the McCain campaign who confirmed that they have not yet put out a statement about the Todd hoax.


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/25/mccain-hoax/

not wanting this to be a political firestorm. Of course she did. That's why she did it in the first place. It just didn't turn out to be the firestorm she planned, though.