Accusing the Manchester Union Leader of engaging in
“Soviet-style ‘journalism’” by “erasing” his campaign for U. S. Senator, New
Hampshire Republican Party leader and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will
go to court on Tuesday, October 15th and file suit against various recalcitrant
media that are publishing false information about the 2014 campaign. “The
communists used to publish photographs and new reports ‘erasing’ people from
pictures and stories when they did not want to confirm the existence of the
erased people,” Andy says. “Today some New Hampshire
media are following in the Soviet-style tradition by erasing my campaign. Love
me or hate me, I am in the U. S. Senate race. New
Hampshire cannot be a world class state when it is
undermined by bush league journalism. If New Hampshire Republicans had a
winning streak, maybe people could question my candidacy. But the current
approach of New Hampshire Republicans has led to decades of losing elections and
decades of party erosion. I have the experience to present a new approach, and
to offer a hard-hitting challenge to Jeanne Shaheen. Local media that want to
act as ‘Shills for Shaheen’ will be taken to court,” Andy says. “Why does my
candidacy strike fear in the heart of John DiStaso and other biased media that
are trying to ‘erase’ my campaign?”
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New Hampshire Republican leader and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will
file suit against New Hampshire’s “Soviet-style media”
Andy says liberal reporters will not be allowed
to “erase” his candidacy for the U. S. Senate
(Manchester, NH)
(October 10, 2013) Andy’s
latest letter to the Portsmouth Herald follows:
Andy Martin
Republican for U.S. Senator
www.AndyMartin2014.com
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(603) 518-7310
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O. Box 742
Manchester, NH 03105-0742
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October 10, 2013
John Tabor,
President & Publisher
Seacoast Media Group
111 New Hampshire Avenue
Portsmouth, NH
03801
via fax: (603) 433-5760
DEFAMATION NOTICE: Request
for retraction and correction
Dear Mr. Tabor:
On September 25th SeacostOnline.com (and
presumably your print edition) published a story containing the false claim
referring to my current primary opponent as “the first GOP candidate to
announce his run for the U. S.
Senate…”
That was a factually incorrect statement. I announced in
May, I am a fully legally qualified candidate, and I have been campaigning
actively. I hope to begin broadcast advertising later this month.
New Hampshire
law contains provisions for “defamation by implication,” which covers incorrect
factual claims tending to disparage the true facts. I think your false claim
falls squarely within New Hampshire
“defamation by implication” case law.
Tuesday, October 15th I will be filing suit against media
that have made similar false claims. I am not sure if these errors are due to
personal hostility against me, or incompetent media performance. The Union
Leader will also be named; in the case of John DiStaso he is merely a
mouthpiece for Jeanne Shaheen and he has deliberately and intentionally sought
to undermine my candidacy. DiStaso can express his own malignant opinions; but
he cannot publish false facts and seek to erase my candidacy from the election.
The UL is being untrue to the Loeb tradition.
I can’t tell you how deleterious it is to the credibility of
the print media, and media in general, when you try, Soviet-style (they used to
erase people from pictures) to erase the existence of a candidate from the
election. Whether you approve or disapprove of my candidacy, you can’t simply
deny I exist and then deliberately or negligently publish false facts. You do a
disservice to your readers when you seek to mislead them.
I have done the legal research. If you want to pay your
attorneys to duplicate my research, please have at it.
I have a very distinguished record of public service, and I
offer New Hampshire Republicans – who have been losing to Democrats for decades
– a new and realistic option to recapture a U. S. Senate seat.
I obviously can’t predict what the court will do, but I have
done my due diligence and feel we have a strong case for some relief.
I would respectfully request that you publish a prominent
and visible retraction and correction and, if you wish, apology, for reporting
false information to your readers. Failing same you will be named a defendant
on October 15h.
Please feel free to call or otherwise contact me if you have
any questions.
Sincerely yours,
ANDY MARTIN
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