Talk:John Morrison (Montana politician)/Comments
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Once again, there are inaccuracies, even from the sources you quote.
The Billings Gazette did not state that Morrison made payments to Harding or that someone claimed they should be reported. Please read the article you linked to the statement.
The quote from the Missoula Independent is "In contrast to the auditor’s lax prosecution of Tacke—and failure. . ." It doesn't say "Morrison's lax prosecution" as you quote and it doesn not include the parenthetical "husband of Morrison's mistress."
It should be explained that the Independent was uninformed, misinformed or intentionally mistated the authority of the auditor. Under Montana law, the auditor cannot prosecute criminal violations. The auditor refers violations of criminal law to state or federal prosecutors. To say that federal authorities did what the auditor did not do is misleading. MCA 30-10-306
Once again, I deleted improperly substituted material. A substituted word in a bracket is supposed to be interchangeable with the word substituted or an antecedent to a pronoun. "The auditor" means the office of the auditor, not just Morrison. In this case, even the Independent concedes that it was the office that managed the Tacke case, not Morrison. It is inaccurate on two fronts to say "Morrison was lax." Even the Independent didn't say that. It took care to use "The auditor. ." It is apparent from the tone of the piece that if there was even a scintilla of evidence that would have allowed them to use "Morrison" in the sentence, they would have.
The second "husband of former mistress" is not in the original piece & is unnecessary to the reader's understanding. Those words appear after the word "Tacke" immediately above the second insertion. Further, it is incorrect that Tacke was, at times material, the "husband" of Suzanne Harding. He was the fiance.
Finally, the piece continues to cite a Billings Gazette article for text that is not in the article. This is material, because the Gazette is a respected newspaper. To cite to it inappropriately gives credibility to inaccurate and false facts and maligns the Gazette. If you want to include such statements, at least find a citation to them. However, I suggest you not waste time. They don't exist.
You might consider whether the Missoula Independent screed wasn't a "Swift Boat" piece and the Lee papers piece a more accurate onee.
[edit] New Talk Piece 11/17/06
New talk piece 11/17/06
Once again, I deleted improperly substituted material. A substituted word in a bracket is supposed to be interchangeable with the word substituted or an antecedent to a pronoun. "The auditor" means the office of the auditor, not just Morrison. In this case, even the Independent concedes that it was the office that managed the Tacke case, not Morrison. It is inaccurate on two fronts to say "Morrison was lax." Even the Independent didn't say that. It took care to use "The auditor. ." It is apparent from the tone of the piece that if there was even a scintilla of evidence that would have allowed them to use "Morrison" in the sentence, they would have.
The second "husband of former mistress" is not in the original piece & is unnecessary to the reader's understanding. Those words appear after the word "Tacke" immediately above the second insertion. Further, it is incorrect that Tacke was, at times material, the "husband" of Suzanne Harding. He was the fiance.
Finally, the piece continues to cite a Billings Gazette article for text that is not in the article. This is material, because the Gazette is a respected newspaper. To cite to it inappropriately gives credibility to inaccurate and false facts and maligns the Gazette. If you want to include such statements, at least find a citation to them. However, I suggest you not waste time. They don't exist.
You might consider whether the Missoula Independent screed wasn't a "Swift Boat" piece and the Lee papers piece a more accurate one. ~correctfacts~
