SPECIAL COVERAGE: New Mexico Republican/Rep. Heather Wilson 'Vote-Buying' Scandal

KEY BRAD BLOG ARTICLES IN THE SERIES SO FAR
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3/4/08: Rep. Heather Wilson Accused of Felony Vote-Buying in New Mexico; Reporter Quits After News Director Scrubs Story
Republican Delegate Convention Attendees Paid by Wilson Senate Campaign, According to Report Sourced by Three Eye-Witnesses, Removed from Air After Complaints to Station by Wilson
Memo From News Director to Reporter: 'Don't you think if there was anything to it the bloggers would have picked this up?'

3/5/08: Exclusive: Former Republican Governor Says New Mexico State Officials Investigating Rep. Heather Wilson Vote-Buying Charges; Says Republican U.S. Congresswoman 'Shrugged' at Allegations When Confronted With Them
News Director of Albuquerque's KKOB Offers New Reason for Spiking Stories; Anchorwoman Who Resigned in Protest Dismisses New Excuse, Says Powerful Station Buckled Under Pressure from Wilson's Campaign
BRAD BLOG Obtains Scripts of Original Spiked Radio Reports...

3/6/08: Reporter Issues Full Statement Blasting New Mexico's KKOB for Ethical Violations in Spiking Republican Vote-Buying Stories
Laura MacCallum Slams Former Employer, News Director, for Buckling to Complaints from Rep. Heather Wilson's Campaign
Recently-Resigned Anchor Writes: 'This is Not journalism. It is Extortion.'...

3/6/08: 'Vote-Buying' Congresswoman's Campaign Rep Worked for Blogger Who Mercilessly Slammed Story
Heath Haussamen Failed to Disclose Rep. Heather Wilson's Spokeswoman, Whitney Cheshire - at Very Center of the Emerging Scandal - Wrote a Weekly Column For Him Until Late Last Year
Indignant New Mexico Blogger 'Journalist' Stands by Lack of Full Disclosure...

3/7/08: AUDIO: New Mexico Republican Vote-Buying Scandal Covered on Peter B. Collins Show
Guests Include Myself, Former NM Republican Governor, Former KKOB Anchor Who Broke Story...

3/11/08: NM GOP 'Vote-Buying' Scandal: Unapologetic Republican Operative Pat Rogers Caught in Two Lies
Former ACVR Stooge Produces 'Magical Invoice', is Forced to Retract Swiftboat-style Attacks on Former Republican Governor Dave Cargo...

3/11/08: New Mexico's Corporate Media Covers Up the Coverage of GOP/Heather Wilson 'Vote Buying' Scandal
A Week After it Broke, the Albuquerque Journal Reports and Buries the Laura MacCallum Story, Demonstrating Again Why the Blogosphere is so Crucial...
-- Guest Blogged by Dennis Domrzalski

3/12/08: Exclusive: NM Sec. of State Says Rep. Heather Wilson's Payment for Voters 'Very Odd'
SoS Mary Harrera Investigates, Questions 'Vote-Buying' Allegations, Has Never Heard of Campaigns Paying People to Show up to Vote
Former Republican Governor Vindicated as Checks Made out by Wilson Campaign Scrutinized by State Attorney General, as Confirmed by Local GOP Chair...
-- Special to The BRAD BLOG by Dennis Domrzalski

3/19/08: State GOP/Rep. Heather Wilson 'Vote-Buying' Scandal Finally Covered by New Mexico's Largest Newspaper...Two Weeks After it Broke
Article Vindicates Radio Journalist Whose Stories Were Spiked, But Front Page Albuquerque Journal Coverage Otherwise Fails Miserably
Key Legal Point, Reported by Blog Long Ago, Entirely Ignored by Paper...

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I want to thank all of those who commented on my rant of yesterday. Your kind comments are very much appreciated. One email I received was especially meaningful to me. The subject line was “In loving memory - Michael, James, Andrew” and after a short bit of encouraging text, and the posters signature line, were three names: Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman. The names were then followed by a little historical reminder of “Freedom Summer” and the part those three heroes played in the Civil Rights Movement.

I realized that we all, all of us, owe it to those three, and all like them, past and present, who have given so much for our democracy, to keep fighting the good fight...

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