Reporter Says Coakley Aide Pushed Him

'Someone owes me a new pair of pants,' says Weekly Standard scribe

By John Johnson, Newser Staff | Suggested by ABO_2012

Posted Jan 13, 2010 1:38 PM CST

(Newser) – Here's a sign of how hot the Martha Coakley-Scott Brown race is in Massachusetts: Today's buzz, complete with bloggers afire, is about an altercation between Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack and a Coakley aide. McCormack says he got shoved into a metal grate and ended up on the ground, and he's pretty sure the culprit is media consultant Michael Meehan. He released a YouTube video titled "Coakley thug roughs up reporter."

"Someone owes me a new pair of pants," writes McCormack, who was trying to question Coakley about Afghanistan. "I just noticed there's a large tear in the back of my suit pants."

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A supporter of Martha Coakley, left, helps journalist John McCormack of The Weekly Standard. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

An aide to Martha Coakley helps up journalist John McCormack of The Weekly Standard. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Shannonals

Jan 14, 2010 3:33 AM CST

Exactly how are you going to whine about being knocked to the sidewalk when your clearly harrassing someone? Watching the clip he posted, it clearly shows he is trying to make it past the man seperating him from Martha Coakley, he should have got the hint. Reporters like this should expect the bumps and bruises when they push the limit. If it had happened to a liberal reporter chasing after Palin, the Conservatives would have been in uproar. To make matters worse, the guy goes on Hannity and whines.

riffran

Jan 14, 2010 2:44 AM CST

really crotchfunk?...Well that explains those "nice" little comments that spin out of the left like shit in a blender whenever FOX, Rush, Beck, Palin, or Bush or ANY republican is involved. So much for that claim the WE dont like dissenting opinions...you don't know if you have been sit hit stabbed powder burned or gut shot ...last time I looked you whiney bitter lefties have quite the hissy fits also.....

riffran

Jan 14, 2010 2:38 AM CST

at least croakley didn't bite off his finger tip or send union thuggs to beat him up this time...

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Reporter Says Coakley Aide Pushed Him