Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell has joined the ranks of Republicans who take a hard line with reporters when things go wrong -- in this case, a local radio station in Delaware says, her campaign threatened to sue them if they posted an interview online.
As WDEL reports/announces, O'Donnell appeared with talk radio host Rick Jensen, and took questions from Jensen and from callers, as well as listener-submitted questions that Jensen presented to her:
At the conclusion of the interview, a representative from the campaign who had been in the broadcast studio with O'Donnell asked that the video be turned over to the campaign and not released. He stated that the videotaping had not been approved by the O'Donnell campaign.
O'Donnell also told show host Rick Jensen that she would sue the radio station if the video was released.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/radio-station-odonnell-threatened-to-sue-us-forposting-an-interview-online.php?ref=fpaLate Update: WDEL has announced that the O'Donnell campaign has apologized to them. O'Donnell press secretary Doug Satchel has also stated clearly, "There is no threat to sue DEL." He did not claim to comment or speak on behalf of campaign manager Matt Moran, who had reportedly made the threat to "crush" the station with lawsuits.
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