The campaign dislikes a story done on it by a University of North Carolina student journalist. The campaign's response? "Ms. Babb’s professor, C. A. Tuggle, said in an interview that after the report first appeared on YouTube on Tuesday night he received calls of complaint from a deputy in Mr. Edwards’s national press office, and, then, his communications director.
Mr. Tuggle said the aides told him they felt “blind-sided by the way the reporter presented the piece in the pitch,” adding unapologetically, “The focus of stories change all of the time.”
“We told them we were not interested in taking it down or holding it from broadcast on our show on Monday,” Mr. Tuggle said, adding that the campaign responded by telling him that, “campus media would have real trouble getting any sort of access to the Edwards campaign, and so might other parts of the university.”
It's hard to believe that the campaign believes that that kind of intimidation can do anything but make the situation worse. But then, the Edwards camp, behind in the polls, would appear to be a bit touchy.
