Buzzfeed reports that the Romney Campaign has made a practice of editing transcripts sent to the media, taking out disadvantageous material. But the practice doesn’t just take place for candidate and surrogate appearances, they report:
The cherry-picking extends to the news and opinion articles the campaign forwards to reporters as well.
For example, on Wednesday, the press staff sent out a CNN blog post by Dana Bash headlined, “McCain Blasts Gingrich On Earmarks And Leadership.” But it left out two substantial chunks of the article: one that recounted McCain’s past squabbles with Romney over campaign finance policy, and another that pointed out Gingrich’s modest success in decreasing earmarks during one of his years in office.
