It was recently reported that a company co-owned by N.C. Sen. Kay Hagan’s husband had been the recipient of stimulus money.
A story from WBTV in Charlotte expanded on that, reporting that a state agency had recommended “further legal review” of the stimulus grant. The Charlotte Observer published the WBTV story on the paper’s website. The story at both sites later disappeared.
The Observer explained why they pulled the story (cached version here).
The Hagan story that the Observer pulled early Sunday was a WBTV report. They pulled the story off their website and asked us to do same.
— The Charlotte Observer (@theobserver) November 3, 2014
The Observer briefly posted a story Saturday about Sen. Hagan, reported by its news partner WBTV. #ncsen
— Rick Thames (@rthames) November 3, 2014
WBTV recalled that story, requiring us to remove it from the Observer's website. #ncsen
— Rick Thames (@rthames) November 3, 2014
Why was the story pulled? Many questions remain:
What I saw was the Observer pulled Hagan stimulu$ story off their site before WBTV did. When I went to bed, BTV story was still up. #ncsen
— Sister Toldjah ? (@sistertoldjah) November 3, 2014
https://twitter.com/rorycooper/status/529272649705607168
https://twitter.com/MBrodland/status/529271958735581184
https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/529137127939133441
Disgraceful. NC deserves better journalism and we deserve a better Senator. @theobserver #ncsen
— Turn Off Cable News (@amcap76) November 3, 2014
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As-yet unexplained:
@theobserver what does that mean? Was it fabrication or a true story???
— CAP Sports Group (@CAPSportsGroup) November 3, 2014
https://twitter.com/TimPeebles/status/529264123574779904
Why the #NCSen tag? Was this public corruption story "recalled" for political reasons? @rthames
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 3, 2014
Hey @ChrisDyches: Why was your story recalled? Don't be a party to corruption. Speak out.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 3, 2014
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