My LTTE regarding 'illegal' behavior of the Romney Campaign.

[lynnertic]

I submitted this letter today to the editors of the Boston Herald:

In the 7/20 article "Sources detail 'illegal' security tactic," a story about how Mitt Romney's campaign used fake badges to avoid paying tolls and to intimidate the press, author Casey Ross writes, "Under state law, it is illegal to use a badge without authority." If there is no question as to whether Romney's campaign staffers violated a law, why is it that the story's headline has the word 'illegal' in quotations, as if it were a matter of opinion and not fact?

(snip)

But people on the campaign knew the badges existed, and didn't stop the abuse. The badges were issued while Romney was still Governor of Massachusetts.

What does it say about the character of Presidential candidate when his own staff behaves so dishonestly, and then shrugs off its illegal behavior as if it were condoned?

from http://www.lynnertic.com/semantics/a-letter-to-the-editor/

[meegbear]

1. The Boston Herald is a pale New York Post ...

I'm actually surprised they even put the story on page 1.