KATU’s Article-To-Editorial Switcheroo
KATU finally gets around to covering the Emilie Oy campaign finance story, and while it hits the major points, it then does something a little sneaky.
Down at the bottom, KATU offers what it terms a “related link”, the text of which says, “Read the Oregonian’s article.”
That’s all well and good until you discover that the link isn’t to any of the Theo reporting on the matter. In fact, it’s technically not even to an article.
It’s to the paper’s editorial railing against both Erik Sten and the publicly-financed campaign system.
So, just who at KATU decided it was kosher to link to a scathing piece of opinion and bias and refer to it as an “article” as if it merely were a supporting news story related to KATU’s report?
Addendum: KATU also does not spell Golovan’s name the way Theo has been, and refers to him (as did the Merc) as her campaign manager, whereas Theo has always referred to him simply as her chief fundraiser, and refers to an altogether different “campaign manager” individual.