Via RochesterTurning...
Gannett newspaper The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ran an anti-Eric-Massa letter today that contains a lie. Whoever okayed this letter at the D&C should certainly apologize and perhaps consider resigning, though I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for either (in fairness, the person I've dealt with on LTE's, Max Anderson, seems like a reasonable guy). The letter is mostly criticizing Spitzer (we'll have more on that later), but here's the part about Massa:
The new attorney general finds Democratic Gov. Spitzer's top aides pressured the New York State Police to create documents to damage a political opponent, Sen. Joseph Bruno, a Republican. This reminds one of Democrat Eric Massa's staff securing sealed court documents to embarrass Republican Randy Kuhl during the last House election.
In fact, Eric Massa has never mentioned Randy Kuhl's ugly divorce records. His staff had nothing to do with the release of sealed court documents. Randy Kuhl's divorce records -- which contained allegations that Kuhl abused his ex-wife -- came to light in 2004, long before Eric Massa entered politics at all. Massa ran for Congress in 2006, not 2004. I'm having a difficult time finding a live news link that describes what happened in 2004, but here's links (MyDD; SoxTalk) that reproduce the AP article that describes it all.
So here's we are now: either the D&C is too lazy to fact check its letters or the D&C is complacent in a Swift Boat campaign of lies aimed at advancing their parent company's Republican agenda. Which is it?
This is simply unacceptable. I encourage everyone who cares about the truth to contact the D&C Editorial Board here (you should phone if you can):
Email
Phone: (585) 258-2641