Eckersley Campaign Responds to News-Leader: "Case’s Story Has Not Changed"

Submitted by .Sean on October 25, 2010 - 3:02pm

The Scott Eckersley campaign issued a press release pushing back on the News-Leader's weekend story about allegations regarding Billy Long and the "Metro Mafia" gatherings at Springfield's Metropolitan Grill.  From the release:

Eckersley spoke with Jennifer Case after the News-Leader interview on Friday. Case reiterated that she did see Billy Long in the same room with strippers from a local Springfield establishment and that she did hear Billy Long make derogatory remarks against women and African Americans in 2008.

Eckersley posits that the News-Leader conducted an interrogation on Jennifer Case – not an interview. Eckersley said the tactics used violated ethical journalistic boundaries, and were not aimed at revealing facts, but instead discrediting Case...

On Saturday, the campaign posted an extended version of their third ad at CheckEck.org:

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