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Sharron Angle accuses Sen. Harry Reid of pressuring paper to change headline

GOP candidate Sharron Angle on Wednesday accused Democratic Sen. Harry Reid of pressuring the Las Vegas Sun to change a headline that said she had won the only debate in the race for the Nevada Senate seat.

Angle, in a fundraising pitch to supporters, said Reid was “calling in favors from the Las Vegas Sun” to change the headline and alleges that the change came after a meeting between Reid and the paper. The story in question is an analysis of the debate written by political columnist Jon Ralston.

“Right after Reid’s debate defeat he went to visit the liberal Las Vegas Sun newspaper,” Angle says in the fundraising email. “They’ve previously endorsed him and have been largely serving as the mouthpiece of the Reid campaign for well over a year. The night of the debate they had an article headlined ‘Jon Ralston notes how Reid lost the debate to Angle.’ After the meeting with Reid, however, the Sun changed it’s headline to ‘Thoughts on the Reid-Angle debate’.”

A rival Nevada paper, The Las Vegas Review Journal, questioned the headline change in a Sunday column.

Ralston, a non-staff columnist for the paper, said in an email that he has “no knowledge of Reid going there. Not a word of my column was changed. I don’t know why the headline was changed.”

The meeting Angle references, according to The Las Vegas Review Journal, is apparently from a post-debate interview Reid did with the Sun.

“So, the Sun interviewed Reid for a Saturday story that might as well been a Reid campaign press release for all the unchallenged assertions made by Reid,” the paper’s publisher, Sherman Frederick, wrote. He went on to ask Ralston to explain why the headline was changed after publication in both the print and online editions of his column.

Angle’s campaign did not respond to a request asking for more information on the allegation. Reid’s campaign also has not responded.

  • wane

    Nevada vote out Reid or say good bye the the U.S. and hello to another hell hole like Mexico for your kids and grand children

  • recovered dem

    I read the story that stated Angle won. Knowing Reid, nothing is too low or dirty for him to do. He’s a real crook and very vengeful. Many Republicans gave him their endorsement because they are afraid of his wrath and that is the truth.

  • brittanicus

    ANOTHER AMNESTY IF SENATOR HARRY REID RETURNS TO WASHINGTON

    When does the US government get the right, to extort money from taxpayers to pay for illegal alien children education, health care and a huge number of undisclosed programs that cater to these people? But if Senator Reid, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi and all their Democrats followers get returned to the corruption of Washington. Vice President Joe Biden has a similar voting record on illegal immigration to Reid, Boxer, Pelosi, including funding for Sanctuary Cities and no limit to money for illegal aliens. Mark my word the first thing they will do, is to pass the next Amnesty. We might not care to much for the elites in the GOP, but with the involvement of the Tea Party, the majority leaders will not be able to carry on the wishes of their corporate masters as before. With the hidden influences of the shadow government, led by George Soros they are rest assured to stick us with the 13 to 20 illegal immigrants shielded in Sanctuary Cities and States such as California. The Tide Foundation behind the Huffington Press, the editorial heavily weighted down with Ultra Liberal George Soros cash.

    The painful result as analyzed by the Heritage foundation is we can add another 2.6 TRILLION dollars, to the US Government deficit of 13 TRILLION. In 2007, it was Senator Harry Reid and Sen.Barney Frank that forced through the legislation forcing banks to lend to high-risk borrowers (Low Income mortgagees) which has destroyed our housing market. U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina will be a major blockade against the infusion of illegal immigration here and will not be passing a Path to Citizenship or AMNESTY.

    We need to take a page of Europe and mass deport them, opening the way for jobs for Americans. This will take time using a new powerful revitalized identification program, for business to use and extract illegal labor. All these so called shovel-ready jobs using shady contractors should be forced to use E-Verify. However Senator Reid only allowed E-Verify to pass as a voluntary program. Harry Reid and his minions are a menace to our society, and him as an Incumbent and all the rest should not be allowed anywhere near Washington. He is certainly a tax and spend ultimate liberal, ready to drain your wage packet and purse by allowing illegal workers to join our Social Security benefit program. Interesting enough, FAIR has also diagnosed that annually we the taxpayers dish out another $113 Billion dollars, catering to pregnant women who steal into America, so they can collect benefits, low income housing for the instant citizenship children.

    The Liberal press never gives the truth about an assessment of number illegal aliens settled here, or the incredulous costs to hospitals, the education system and a overcrowded prisons. Then again, neither political party will offer a genuine, in the American people’s interest to start self-deportation through Attrition. The state of Arizona has the right idea of the passage of SB1070 and I respect them for protecting their citizens and residents even though must fight for sanity in the federal courts. As a blogger I can only give you an outline of costs to you. Under the Democratic Senate and house they will keep on forcing you to pay for all these free handouts that the low income Americans are rejected for. Illegal alien women with Anchor Babies can immediately receive section 8 housing when they have three to six children. Read all the outrageous facts of where your taxpayer dollars go in the illegal alien gigantic pool of money.

    Well termed “Anchor Babies” illustrates the economic costs to support at least 300.000 of these children of illegal alien females every year. Anchor babies born to illegal aliens instantly qualify as citizens for welfare entitlements and have caused enormous rises in Medicaid costs and stipends under Supplemental Security Income and Disability Income. In Georgia alone gleaned by a true patriotic American Frosty Woodbridge, ” Births of illegal aliens in Georgia cost to taxpayers (Remember, intentional or not, statistics where illegal immigration is almost unobtainable. 2000– 5,133 births cost: $13 million; 2001– 9,528 births cost: $23 million;2002—11,188 births cost: $27 million. Today I have just heard the State of Arizona is taking a stand on this fireball issue, that their county recorder offices are not issuing birth certificates to children of alien parents.

    Its imperative you GOOGLE–the keyword “Anchor Babies Costs” and read Frosty Woodbridges report and come think,all his reports? Read all the official articles and do your deeper investigation for yourselves. Its likely you will have heart palpitations over the dollar figures. In addition read about one illegal family and the money they are collecting from taxpayers. A Frosty says, ” In California the cost for all five of their children for one school year exceeds $35,000.00 times 18 years for a grand taxpayer total of $630,000.00. This is only one family. No wonder California is $38 billion in debt.

    To interate go to GOOGLE–and establish your own priorities of where taxpayer dollars should be going? Why should you enter this country without permission and immediately have access to other people’s money? On the non-profit website of NumbersUSA are all the answers you need to this spreading problem, including Immigration grades of both the Liberal Democrats and Republicans. If pro-illegal immigrant voters don’t remove Senator Reid, Boxer, Pelosi, Napolitano, Leader and Holder, we are looking at a perilous financial situation, a collapsing infrastructure and worse millions more economic migrants trying to slip into our country. The truth is either party is to blame for this mess, Republicans giving in to the profits of businesses using cheap labor. Then we have the Liberals and Democrats hoping to hold onto their power, by showing not for their love for illegal immigrants, but for future votes.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rita-Cink/1443492904 Rita Cink

    If Nevada votes Harry in again, I hope everyone in the united states stays away from Nevada until he is voted out.

  • michael0713

    The only way Reid is going to win is if he dances naked with lady Gaga on the stage.

    • Momma M

      ewwwww.. I just lost my dinner michael…

    • recovered dem

      Sheesh! Don’t give that old senile fool any ideas. He’d do anything to be reelected.

  • Speedster

    Wow…they must’ve had to drag crony, Editor Alan Greenspinner off his massage table to help his best bud Harry “The Loser” Reid.

  • shepmoors

    The only headline Nevada needs to read is “Angle defeats Reid.” If that happens maybe they would word it “Reid almost wins”….

  • ArianaHuffingPaint

    Go Reid the story. They changed their Angle.

    • Alex Pappas

      Very clever. Props for the pun.

  • truebearing

    Anyone with a brain stem knows that headlines are chosen for their ability to stand out and draw readers. That’s how publications make money. No flashy, controversial headline means less readers which equates to less revenue from advertisers. So why would an editor replace a headline that would generate readership to one that would sound boring and inconsequential, such as: ‘Thoughts on the Reid-Angle debate’?

    They were trying to disinterest the readers into ignoring the article. Take it from a former publisher/editor.