Washington, D.C. – The dirty politics engaged in by Democrats in North Carolina to help Cheri Beasley cover up her judicial record on violent criminals is being exposed.
It turns out that the most recent NRSC ad was pulled off the airwaves prematurely. Learn more:
TV station says its decision to take GOP Senate ad against Cheri Beasley down was premature
CBS News
By: Aaron Navarro
A North Carolina TV station erred last week in taking down an ad against Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, according to a letter from an attorney for the station’s owners. In the letter, the station owners also asked Democratic lawyers to stop referencing that decision in their cease-and-desist letters to other stations.
On June 2, a representative for WSOC-TV in Charlotte told lawyers for the Democratic Elias Law Group it had pulled an NRSC ad after it was told the ad contained a false statement and language about Beasley. The Elias Law Group has done work for the NRSC’s counterparts, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Kathleen Kirby, an outside attorney recently hired by the Cox Media Group, which owns the two stations, wrote to the Elias group on Wednesday to say the message about taking the ad down “was prematurely sent” to his firm. She said it contained privileged and preliminary advice from the station’s counsel and was not the final decision.
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Kirby also took issue with Elias’ counsel for using that message in communications with other TV stations in its requests to them to take the ad down. Kirby is a media attorney for Wiley Rein LLP, a firm that has done work with Republican committees and campaigns.
“It appears that you are referencing this email communication in a manner that mischaracterizes its contents as the final determination by CMG concerning the ad’s suitability for broadcast. This is incorrect,” Kirby wrote to Elias. “We request that you make no further use of this communication, including citing this material in other cease-and-desist letters.”
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