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Des Moines Register: Tim Pawlenty Campaign Distorted Profile Content

source: http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/08/05/register-objects-to-use-of-story-by-pawlent...

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The Des Moines Register objected Friday to the Tim Pawlenty campaign sending an email blast with a portion of a front-page profile about the candidate that left out less-than-flattering paragraphs and an anecdote about a de-pantsing incident.

Register Managing Editor Randy Brubaker said the campaign distorted and excessively used the Register’s content without permission. Brubaker said the version of the article republished by the campaign – more than 20 paragraphs, highly edited – went beyond fair use and infringed on the news organization’s copyright.

The newspaper typically allows campaigns to reprint or reproduce three or four paragraphs, or about 200 words, of an article, Brubaker said. But it doesn’t allow selective editing within the excerpt.

The Pawlenty campaign’s “in case you missed it” media blast had the subject line: “Des Moines Register — Candidate profile: ‘You can be both nice and strong,’ says Tim Pawlenty.”

But the campaign left out the first two paragraphs of the article, which quoted a friend describing how Pawlenty, then a Minnesota state legislator, sneaked up and yanked down the fellow lawmaker’s pants as he stood at home plate during a baseball game a decade ago.

The campaign also deleted all references to how the former Minnesota governor raised the cigarette tax, allegedly ousted Republicans from the party for overriding one of his vetoes and used his executive powers in a way the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional.

The edited version removed all criticisms from fellow Republicans that raised questions about how he balanced the state’s budget and a classmate’s comment that his fantasy football teams were terrible.

“We promoted the full link and encouraged people to read the entire article,” Pawlenty spokesman Alex Conant said. “We simply provided excerpts.”

Friday evening the campaign sent a new email saying it was simply linking to the story — not excerpting — at the Register’s request.

http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/08/05/register-objects-to-use-of-stor...

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He's toast. Now the rest of the country is learning what we Minnesotans have known for a long time. And he is Minnesota's worst Governor ever - can you imagine him being the GOP Presidential candidate? LOL!!!
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