CNN Highlights Assault on MoveOn Worker, Omits Assault on Paul Supporter
CNN devoted seven news briefs on Tuesday to an assault on a MoveOn.org employee by Rand Paul supporters caught on camera outside the Kentucky Senate debate on Monday evening, but failed to mention a second assault on Rand Paul supporter by a booster of Paul's opponent, Jack Conway. Most of the briefs also omitted how the MoveOn employee was trying to get an embarrassing picture of Paul. Emily Maxwell of KYPost.com reported late on Monday how “tensions flared at he senatorial candidates' debate here Monday night in two confrontations between Conway and Paul supporters, Lexington police reported. The first involved a woman who is a member of www.moveon.org and who was determined to pose in front of Rand Paul holding a sign that read ' Rand Paul Republicore: Employee of the Month .'” After detailing this first incident, Maxwell continued that “the second occurred after a Conway supporter stepped on the foot of a female Rand supporter, who recently had foot surgery , according to police. The woman was wearing a surgical boot, but after the injury, her incision was cut open. Police say she refused medical treatment and also filed an assault report.” Anchor John Roberts set the example for CNN's coverage of the incidents in his news brief six minutes into the 7 am Eastern hour of American Morning, as the video of the assault on Lauren Valle, the MoveOn.org employee played: read more
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CNN Highlights Assault on MoveOn Worker, Omits Assault on Paul Supporter
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on October 27, 2010. Filed under