13 Minutes with Earl
I’ve been doing campaign interviews with state legislative candidates for a few weeks now. The latest one was with Rep. Earl Jones, who has been around the city for a while.
The following has little to do with the campaign itself, but I found it interesting and wanted to share. We ended up talking about what was reported to be a boycott against the News & Record. (My boss took notice here.)
Well, during the 13 minutes on the following audio clip, Earl Jones says:
- He did not call for a boycott. Yes, they group he’s part of talked about a boycott, but only if things didn’t change, he said.
- Project Homestead was a story the paper manufactured and over-blew.
- The Rev. Michael King, Project Homestead’s founder, did not commit suicide as reported, but accidentally overdosed.
The conversation, by the way, stemmed from me asking what he was doing talking to me (and our editorial board for that matter) if he was boycotting the News & Record.
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