Politico ran a hit piece on J.D. Vance, Ohio’s Republican nominee for U.S Senate, on Thursday but did not give the campaign reasonable time to respond and failed to publish their full comment once they did respond.
Politico Playbook ran a hit piece on Vance on Thursday that focused on Vance’s purported connections to big tech companies.
In the article, Politico reported that Vance’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment before publishing the report but pledged to include their statement once they replied.
“The Vance campaign did not respond to a request for comment last night, but if they get back to us we’ll include it in Playbook PM later today,” Politico’s Ryan Lizza wrote.
According to GOP strategist Andy Surabian, who advises Vance’s campaign, Politico’s request for comment came on Wednesday, shortly before midnight, less than seven hours…