Edwards Campaign: Times Refused To Talk To Beneficiaries Of His Anti-Poverty Programs

Talking Points Memo, TPM Cafe by Greg Sargent | Jun. 22, 2007 (Opinion)

The Edwards campaign is pushing back hard against today's enormous front-page New York Times piece alleging that there was something untoward about the fact that the antipoverty programs set up by John Edwards provided a "bridge" to his Presidential campaign. The story has already come under fire here, here, and here.

But we've just learned something new and surprising about the story. The Edwards campaign has just told us on the record that The ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

While there may be some criticism to be had of the Times on the Edward's story, I think this story is problematic for a two reasons. A) The author has made strong claims without getting a response from the Time and B) Sargent seems to be missing the point of the story. There are many non-profits doing good things out there- considering his clout, Edward's probably did a lot of good. But that doesn't change the fact that he also used the charity for purposes that appear to be completely out of scope with the goals of the charity.

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