Local TV political reporter in New Haven says "I never, ever, heard [Blumenthal] misrepresent his

[CTyankee]

service in Vietnam in thousands of events where he spoke." Mark Davis has been a political reporter for our local ABC affiliate, WTNH, for as long as I've been here (25 years). He just did an update on the Blumenthal story and made that statement.

I will try to get a link later if it becomes available from WTNH...

[Jennicut]

1. Mark Davis has always been a good reporter here too.

I guess Chris Shays was wrong? }(

[CTyankee]

2. I think Chris might be a tad defensive still about his loss. It must have been

terrible for him, a real shock. I have no idea whether he is Dick's big bud or not, but I do know it must have really been traumatic for him to lose in the last election...

[pinboy3niner]

3. Is a link available yet?

I haven't seen any other mention of this.

:hi:

[CTyankee]

4. It was just a remark he made on the show tonite. I can't find it yet. I'll try later.

He did say it. I was surprised because Davis doesn't do that, but he was emphatic so I had to listen.

Davis has a LONG history with WTNH...

[CTyankee]

5. I have tried.

You can try this: http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/hartford_cty/trouble-or-bump-in-road-for-blumenthal

It was a remark he made at the end of a report hie made on the story. I hope it is there. If not, let me know, because I DID hear it...

Thanks.

[pinboy3niner]

6. Thanks

I went to his station's site and grabbed a text report by him. Check out Latest, now.

[CTyankee]

7. Sorry, where is it?

[pinboy3niner]

9. Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8371830

It's in GD. There are some great links in the thread, too.

[deminks]

8. Not Mark Davis, but here is a list of local reporters, columnists who say they have never heard it

either.

http://blogs.courant.com/colin_mcenroe_to_wit/2010/05/the-flaws-in-the-nyt-blumentha.html

(snip)

So I asked reporters, anchors and columnists to tell me (a) whether they could remember Blumenthal ever claiming to have served in Vietnam and (b) whether they had been under the impression for whatever reason, that Blumenthal had served in Vietnam. Here are the answers so far.

Mark Pazniokas of the Connecticut Mirror, who may have covered Blumenthal more often than anybody else, referred me to his quote in an NPR national story: "Every time he talked about his military record, he was quite clear that he had been a military reservist and never came close to suggesting he was in Vietnam."

Greg Hladky of the Hartford Advocate, formerly of the New Haven Register and Bridgeport Post, right up there with Paz in Blumenthal coverage: "Never personally heard say he was in Vietnam. I knew he had been the the Marine Corps Reserve, talked about that briefly during interview for a profile I did recently, and he never mentioned being in Nam."

Daniela Altimari of the Courant: "I have not been covering Blumenthal for very long, but I do know that last month, when I asked his campaign about his military service, they said very clearly that he served during the Vietnam era but did not serve in a combat arena."

Duby McDowell, former WFSB political reporter: "I have always been under the impression that he was in the marine reserves."

(end snip)

Many more at the link, only one thought he said he was in Nam.