What the Daily Times' Did Not Say about that Pollitt-Brown Presser

First, let's applaud the Daily Times for at least reporting some of the story. Wicomico County's public information officer forwarded a media advisory for the Brown campaign announcing a press conference sponsored by him, Rick Pollitt and Salisbury’s mayor for the stated purpose of criticizing Larry Hogan. Of course, more than two weeks had passed before the Daily Times mentioned the ethics violation by the PIO, who is a member of Mr. Pollitt's staff. But, so far as it has done more than WBOC and WMDT combined (zero plus zero equals zero).

Apparently, the Daily Times’ decision to "go public" about the ethics violation was triggered by the complaint that has been filed with the County's Ethics Commission. But the bare-bones coverage of the situation does not contain factual details that put Rick Pollitt in the spotlight along with the PIO.

Mr. Pollitt is the local chairman for Brown's campaign, and the PIO's e-mail states that she was "requested" to distribute Brown's obviously negative campaign piece designed to smear Larry Hogan. Ms. Lee-Brooke's e-mail does not disclose who made that request, but she is a member of Pollitt's staff, and he is ultimately responsible for her conduct – matters that have not been disclosed in the Daily Times' article.

And there's another interesting aspect – on the Daily Times website the article first appeared with a photo of Rick Pollitt, but that was later removed and a photo of Ms. Lee-Brooks was inserted in its place.

That kind of “coverage” appears to be a cover-up of Pollitt’s hand in what actually happened.