Occupy.com Contributor Interferes with New Hampshire Special Election
Carl Gibson mocks up a phony press release targeting candidate he previously volunteered for.
What a dumbfounding and potentially very costly move.
On May 14, a press release was emailed to reporters in New Hampshire covering the Rockingham District 32 Special Election set to be voted on Tuesday. The release stated that 19-year-old Yvonne M. Dean-Bailey (pictured), the Republican candidate running opposite Democrat Maureen R. Mann, was withdrawing from the State Representative race to concentrate on her school studies.
But as has now been revealed, the email was a hoax, mocked up by freelance journalist and activist Carl Gibson.
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