At least four lawmakers’ candidacies challenged

From NMPolitics.net - by Heath Haussamen - At least four sitting lawmakers are among candidates who will have their candidacies challenged in court because they incorrectly filled out nominating petitions. In addition, NMPolitics.net has learned, Republicans will file a challenge today to the candidacy of Senate President Pro Tem Tim Jennings, D-Roswell. As the Journal reported, it won’t come from one of two Republicans seeking to unseat Jennings this year, but it will come. Any qualified voter in the district can file such a challenge. As NMPolitics has reported, at least 12 candidates who filed to run in the June 5 primary failed to comply with a new law that requires that district or division numbers be listed on their nominating petitions. Secretary of State Dianna Duran still certified their candidacies after Assistant Attorney General Tania Maestas advised her to do so. Maestas sent Duran a letter advising that, “In the absence of any evidence of fraud or bad faith, it is unlikely that a court would require strict adherence to the statutory requirements at the cost of denying a significant number of voters their constitutional right to participate in the election process.” That left it to individuals to challenge their candidacies in court. Read more

At least four lawmakers’ candidacies challenged

Media Atrocity: NBC's Today Show Producers Doctored 911 Call, Investigation Underway

Washington Post - NBC told this blog today that it would investigate its handling of a piece on the “Today” show that ham-handedly abridged the conversation between George Zimmerman and a dispatcher in the moments before the death of Trayvon Martin. A statement from NBC: “We have launched an internal investigation into the editorial process surrounding this particular story.” Great news right there. As exposed by Fox News and media watchdog site NewsBusters, the “Today” segment took this approach to a key part of the dispatcher call:

Chet Huntley and David Brinkley

Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black. Here’s how the actual conversation went down:

Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good. Or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about.
Dispatcher: OK, and this guy — is he black, white or Hispanic?
Zimmerman: He looks black.
The difference between what “Today” put on its air and the actual tape? Complete: In the “Today” version, Zimmerman volunteered that this person “looks black,” a sequence of events that would more readily paint Zimmerman as a racial profiler. In reality’s version, Zimmerman simply answered a question about the race of the person whom he was reporting to the police. Nothing prejudicial at all in responding to such an inquiry. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Media Atrocity: NBC's Today Show Producers Doctored 911 Call, Investigation Underway

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