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[Ian David]

Radio hosts catch flak for saying election was postponed
November 4, 2008 06:20 PM Email| Comments (2)| Text size – +

By Matt Collette, Globe Staff

A spokesman for Secretary of State William F. Galvin criticized two local talk radio hosts after a number of people called the Massachusetts Election Division to complain that they had told listeners that the election had been postponed from today until Wednesday.

The spokesman, Brian McNiff, said John Dennis and Gerry Callahan said on their morning radio show on WEEI-AM that the election had been pushed back a day. Both Dennis and Callahan have declared themselves McCain supporters, the Associated Press has reported.

“We got complaints at the Election Division that there were people on the radio who were saying that the election had been postponed until Wednesday, so some people were being told to vote on Wednesday,” McNiff said. “Gradually, more calls came in and we focused it down to this show on WEEI.”

McNiff said there were no plans to take legal action against the hosts or the station. He said he contacted both hosts and the station manager by phone and e-mail, but had not heard back from them by this evening.

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/11/radio_hosts_cat.html


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