Pittsburgh Council Member Wants Apology In Political Attack Case

[yasmina27]

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17815137/detail.html

Pittsburgh police said a 20-year-old woman who originally said she was robbed and assaulted at knifepoint in Bloomfield because of her political views made the story up.

Now a Pittsburgh city councilman wants an apology from the McCain-Palin campaign.

See also: (links available on website)

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/download/2008/1027/17815188.pdf
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/download/2008/1027/17815284.pdf

Burgess cites reports on the "Talking Points Memo" Web site and quotes KDKA's news director as saying the McCain campaign's communications director gave one of his reporters details of the false report, including the fake quotes from the imaginary attacker, all before police confirmed details.

MSNBC quotes a WPXI reporter as getting that information from a McCain campaign spokesman as well.

Burgess wants an apology for "inflaming the divisions of this country."

"I don't know why they chose to push this story. But it just seems suspicious to me that they would target this story, which has a fictional African-American person harming a non-African-American person in this city," Burgess said.

[bluestateguy]

1. That'll do a lot of good

A forced "apology", after she got caught, that she won't be in the slightest bit sincere about.

[paregdem]

2. Not from 'B' Girl, apology from McCain-Palin campaign n/t