Last Tuesday, CBS affiliate Channel 4 TV News in St. Louis reported that some Missouri sheriffs and prosecutors have formed a truth squad to target anyone who engages in misleading ad or statements about Senator Obama.
Here’s the transcript of the lede on the CBS story:
“Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading television ad during the presidential campaign.”
The implied threat in the Channel 4 report is that prosecutors and sheriffs across Missouri will enforce “Missouri ethics laws” and conduct criminal investigations of “anyone who lies or runs a misleading television ad” against Barack Obama. Although the report did not directly state that intent, that implied message was clearly conveyed.
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