KY3 Is Fed Up With Reporting Facts About Billy Long's Campaign

This line from a KY3 profile of Billy Long strikes me as particularly lousy journalism:

And, whatever you've heard about Social Security, he insists he won't vote for cutting it.

”That's what the Democrats want you to believe; nothing could be further from the truth.”

What have I heard?  That Long thinks Social Security is an unconstitutional overreach by the federal government?  That he says it's a communist plot to destroy America?  That he's convinced it's staffed by untrained unicorns?  Or that he was endorsed by the right-wing Conservative Congress organization which seeks to "dismantle" Social Security based on responses he provided to the group. 

KY3 doesn't actually report any of the facts or myths a person might have heard about Long's position on Social Security -- they just want you to know that he will never cut Social Security.

Such a pledge is fine. But to my knowledge, Long has never explained what his campaign told the Conservative Congress about Social Security policy that led them to support his candidacy.  Their goals are very clear, and they have publicly stated that "the questions that we ask were fairly specific so there wasn’t a lot of leeway to wiggle out of answering the question or confirming where they stand on an issue."  This sure sounds to me like Long supports a voucher system, or some other radical change in policy, but he wants us to believe that he actually told the group that he would never, ever cut Social Security benefits -- and then misheard all of that and decided what he really wants to do is "dismantle" the program.  Riiiight.

Oh, and Billy Long has a documented record of saying things that completely contradict the statements of his campaign staff.   

But never mind all that.