Contrary to Giuliani release, Fox's Brown claimed campaign "fired"
 
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:38:03 -0400


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<p><b>Contrary to Giuliani release, Fox's Brown claimed campaign "fired" indicted
SC campaign chairman Ravenel </b></p>
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<p>On the June 20 edition of Fox News&#39; Special Report with Brit Hume, Fox News correspondent Steve Brown falsely asserted that Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had "fired his South Carolina state campaign chairman Thomas Ravenel after his <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200706210014&http://tribune/rd?http://www.thestate.com/136/story/96446.html">indictment</a>  on federal drug charges." But according to a June 19 Giuliani campaign <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200706210014&http://www.joinrudy2008.com/news/pr/303">press release</a>, the campaign had "no
information about the accusations pending against Mr. Ravenel," and he
had "stepped down from his volunteer responsibilities with the
campaign." No further statements about Ravenel have appeared on
Giuliani&#39;s <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200706210014&http://www.joinrudy2008.com/news/pr/archive/">website</a>.</p>

<p>From the June 20 edition of Fox
News&#39; <i>Special Report with Brit Hume</i>: </p><blockquote>

<p>BROWN: Future visits aside, one
longtime political observer says to date Giuliani has not run a good campaign
in Iowa. </p>

<p>DAVID YEPSEN (<i>Des Moines Register</i> reporter): He has not
had a good staff operation here. He&#39;s -- on some of the little nuts and
bolts things, he&#39;s been kinda slow out of the blocks.</p>

<p>BROWN: And it&#39;s been a tough
week already. <b>Giuliani, yesterday, fired his South Carolina state
campaign chairman Thomas Ravenel after his indictment on federal drug charges.</b>
Giuliani&#39;s senior adviser in Iowa,
former Congressman Jim Nussle [R-IA], left after being nominated to run
President Bush&#39;s budget office. The campaign says just this week
Giuliani&#39;s Iowa
team has been in training sessions for the campaign ahead. Apparently, putting
them far behind [Former Gov.] Mitt Romney&#39;s [R-MA] Iowa operation. </p></blockquote><table width="100%" style="background: #e8e8e8; 
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