I doubt that:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...
Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner said his campaign went through the "normal process" between campaigns and a news outlet when the Chicago Sun-Times published a story of allegations that Rauner threatened a former fellow business associate.
Rauner, speaking Tuesday, was responding to a question about the fallout of a report in the Chicago Sun-Times. Since the report, one of the reporters, Dave McKinney, hired an investigator to look into attempts by the Rauner campaign to try and kill the story. The story ran, but the reporter was later pulled from his beat and the paper endorsed Rauner.
Rauner was asked Tuesday if his campaign's reaction to the story was "a sign of how your office would treat reporters should you become governor?" - TPM, 10/28/14
Here's a little more info:
http://politics.suntimes.com/...
Rauner was also asked about an incident involving his campaign and former Springfield Bureau Chief Dave McKinney. In a resignation letter made public last week, McKinney said the campaign used unorthodox tactics to attack him and his wife in a "last-ditch" act of intimidation to block a story from getting into the paper.
Rauner was asked if that was sign of how his office would treat reporters if he become governor.
“You know what, I think that’s an internal dispute inside the newspaper. I personally had nothing to do with it," Rauner said. "Our campaign staff followed normal processes they do with all media sources when they disagree with a story or the facts behind a story."
Rauner said his staff: "Made their views known with the reporter and the editors before the story ran, that’s standard process." - Chicago Sun-Times, 10/28/14
McKinney begs to differ:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...
The reporter, Springfield, Illinois bureau chief Dave McKinney, wrote a long letter about how after he co-wrote the story he was put on leave by the Sun-Times. He also described how, when he came back to the paper, he was "advised" not to have his byline on reporting related to the company that Rauner and his business associate argued over.
He noted that he was pulled off his beat and his reporting for that day was "removed inexplicably from the Sun-Times website."
McKinney, in his letter, did note that top members of the Sun-Times defended him against criticism from the Rauner campaign. McKinney also noted that the Sun-Times recently broke a three year no-endorsement policy and backed Rauner. McKinney suggested that there had been a "breach" in the wall between the owners of the paper and the newsroom. He concluded the letter saying that under the circumstances he had to resign.
He wrote, "I’m convinced this newspaper no longer has the backs of reporters like me."
"We reporters have a healthy suspicion of both parties and candidates," McKinney wrote. "It’s our job. It’s regrettable that this issue has emerged in the homestretch of an important election in Illinois, but respectfully, this isn’t about either candidate or the election. It’s about readers and their trust in us. So my decision could not wait. I hate to leave, but I must."
"And so, it is with great sadness today that I tender my immediate resignation from the Sun-Times.", TPM, 10/22/14
You can read the full letter here:
http://davemckinney123.wordpress.com/...
It's now wonder this clown Rauner is losing:
http://politics.suntimes.com/...
A new poll released Monday shows Gov. Pat Quinn gets support from 45 percent of registered voters, compared to 41 percent for Republican challenger Bruce Rauner.
The CBS News/New York Times/YouGov Battleground Tracker poll was conducted Oct. 16-23 among 3,519 registered voters and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.
Rauner has the lead among men (47-38) while Quinn has the lead among women (44-28).
Of those polled, 13 percent said they're still undecided, while 1 percent said they prefer a different candidate. - Chicago Sun-Times, 10/27/14
Lets send Rauner packing. Click here to donate and get involved with Quinn's campaign:
https://www.quinnforillinois.com/...