Not only did the AP bungle the Reid-Nevada boxing tickets story, they completely ignored a key fact of the story.
It would have violated the law for Senator Reid to pay for VIP credentials.
First, the credentials themselves hold no value. Secondly, it would be illegal under Nevada state law for any individual to charge access to government property. Reid has been given a credential, not a ticket, and that's the part of the story that was completely left out of the AP smear campaign.
This story is such a joke at this point, that even the ever wonderful Drudge Report completely pulled the crap off its front page.
AP = Fox News? It's certainly looking more like it every day.
"It would be illegal," Kizer said, explaining that it fell under a state law prohibiting agencies or individuals for charging access to government property. The credentials provide access to the commission's area near the ring. "It would be like charging someone for access to a senator's office," Kizer added with no apparent sense of irony.
He went on to explain that credentials are given out to governmental officials and others in order to observe the commission's activity. Sometimes the credentials are provided in addition to tickets - sometimes officials sit in the commission's area.
Reid's office, meanwhile, confirmed that Reid received a credential, and not a ticket to the bout: "We know it for a fact that he had a credential."
The Associated Press, the new hack job of the mass media.
Again, big media fails to get the correct, truthful story.
Tags: [Confirmed: Against the Law for Reid To Pay for Credential], [Harry Reid], [it fell under a state law prohibiting agencies or individuals for charging access to government property], [credentials are given out to governmental officials and others in order to observe the commission's activity], [Reid's office, meanwhile, confirmed that Reid received a credential, and not a ticket to the bout], [Nevada Athletic Commission], [AP], [boxing]
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