Free Ad Obviously An Anti Sorsaia Measure
In 2009, Halburn deliberately misrepresented the fact that Debra Girimont, a candidate for the House of Delegates, was a sponsor of the Putnam County Tailgate Party when she was merely a participant. A fact that PutnamEYES.com revealed and Halburn refused to retract even when the candidate called him on it.
Now he has done it again. On February 13, Hallburn placed an ad on his opinion blog for Betty Ireland, a candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, without her permission. The difference is, this time the candidate is not willing to do anything about it.
After spotting the ad, PutnamLIES.com knew that Ms Ireland was not at fault, she was yet another victim of the unscrupulous publisher of PutnumLive.com, Mark Hallburn. He was merely using her ad as a means to further his own political agenda and satisfy a personal vendetta.
Her campaign was notified about this immediately and has taken absolutely no action. And as the ad is still up, there are only two explanations. Either they just don't care or they approve of Halburn running the ad. Neither bodes well for her.
We believe it is a case of just not caring. Maybe they believe that Halburn doesn't have enough readers to make it worth their time. They're right about the readers, but not right about letting this slide. He is a content thief who makes a practice of doing exactly what he did with her ad.
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| Betty Ireland |
If you're this indecisive as a candidate over this issue, how effective would you be as governor?
If you're not willing to take a decisive stand on Halburn running this ad without your permission, how can the people of West Virginia trust that you'll do the right thing when faced with tough decisions? You could have picked up the phone yourself and told the fat thief to remove the ad.
We're sure you have lawyers working for your campaign, you could have used one of those.
By letting him continue to run this ad, you are accepting his endorsement and condoning his theft.
Having a Governor that says one thing and does another is not what West Virginia needs. The buck stops with you. Your word should be your bond.
For you to allow this unauthorized ad to continue to run on his site is a slap in the face to every voter in Putnam County and West Virginia. Halburn is a bully. This is exactly how he gets away with things like this. People think it's too much trouble to do anything. Which emboldens him even more. It is simply political poison for any candidate to have anything to do with him. You should run away from him instead of being Facebook friends with a domestic terrorist.
You stand up to a bully. A public denunciation from you would have gone a long way with your would-be constituents and demonstrated some leadership against this civic menace.
Halburn, we condemn your biased, underhanded, unscrupulous, unethical behavior. These examples show just how low you will go to to make yourself appear to be a legitimate journalist.
Once again you have proven yourself to be the hack we all know you are.
UPDATE: Here's a comment Halburn left elsewhere because he's not man enough to leave one here:
"It also reported that the ad is not endorsed by the candidate's
campaign. Again, not true. It is paid for by her supporters who also
supplied the logo for the ad."
Someone's lying. Who do YOU believe?
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If this doesn't get the attention of this candidate, then she will reap what she sows.
ReplyDeleteThis is not going to get her many votes in Putnam county.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't she know about him? She's lost my vote.
ReplyDeletePutnam is a heavy Republican county and losing votes here for an idiot like Halburn could prove fatal in a light voter turnout primary. You'd think her campaign would be a little more aware of the situation in a key county.
ReplyDeleteI question her judgment if she has bought an ad with him.
ReplyDeleteNo one has bought a nickles worth space on his trash site
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine anyone with good sense deciding who they would vote for or not vote for based on anything that appears on any electronic tabloid.......really. One must have some kind of credibility to be believable or have enough influence/charisma to sway someone in one direction or the other. When someone goes to an electronic tabloid, they go to see what the latest rumors and personal opinions are, and what worthless and crazy agenda someone wants to rant and rave about. Substantial news, something worth listening to, may be found in newspapers, local TV stations, etc. Credible, charisma, hallburn............oxymoron.
ReplyDeleteI know Mrs. Ireland. I'll call her to let her know.
ReplyDeletePlease do. But know this.
ReplyDeleteShe's already been told.
She'll give you a line like she didn't authorize it and she'll sic her lawyers on him or something like that. And then nothing will happen.
Until that ad disappears, she hasn't done a thing except pay lip service.
Every day it appears there is a demonstration of her unwillingness to take action.
It's been two weeks now and nothing has been done. All it takes is one phone call.
Doi her supporters talk with her campaign staff and inform her of the perils of this
ReplyDelete"paid" advertisement? Sounds like a waste of money no matter how much it costs.........of course if she pulls it, she may be be condemned either way.......damned if she does and damned if she does'nt. Research and a little common sense should have prevailed to begin with. But, that's politics.............
Do supporters place and buy ads or is it done by the campaign?
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that any candidate would let just any yahoo that wanted to place an ad somewhere without their express say so.
He'll be proven to be a liar when the campaign finance reports come out.
ReplyDeleteAbout both candidates.
The ad is a copy of Ms Ireland's campaign bumper sticker. Surely he doesn't think anyone would give him any credibility on who to vote for!
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