Key demands Associated Press retraction
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Oklahoma Watchdog, editor
OKLAHOMA CITY — State Rep. Charles Key (R-Oklahoma City) sent out a press release late last week noting that he had been misquoted in an April 12 Associated Press article.
As Key wrote in a piece headlined “Keep the power in hands of people,” published by The Tennessean newspaper, Nashville, the AP got it wrong about Key’s desire to file legislation next year which would lead to the creation of a state-sanctioned militia.
Key wrote, “I had made it clear several times in the interview that I had no intention to file, knew of no other legislator who was planning to file such legislation, and hadn’t discussed the possibility with anyone. Two days later, in a meeting with the reporter (Sean Murphy) and his supervisor (Kelly Kissel) it was revealed that the AP had decided to write a story on the militia.”
Key continues, “They were determined to find a connection to the Tea Parties, conservative legislators and other grassroots Constitutional organizations one way or another. The story not only attributed false statements to me and others but also went national to a willing press who repeated the false information over and over.”
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Tags: Associated Press, Charles Key, Conservative, Kelly Kissel, Media, militia, Randy Brogdon, Sean Murphy, Tea Parties, The Tennessean
