Sheehy Calls NBC Montana Interview “An Ambush” and “Hit Piece”
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Friday, May 17, 2024
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Sheehy disparages the media rather than answer questions important to Montanans
Helena, MT – After his disastrous first on-camera interview with NBC Montana, where Sheehy was asked about independent reporting on inconsistencies around his military service and a gunshot wound he received, refusal to condemn a current staffer's support for neo-Nazi social media posts, and issues facing his taxpayer-funded business, Sheehy doubled down on lashing out at media outlets rather than taking accountability for his actions and beliefs.
Now, in a new interview, Sheehy called the NBC Montana interview “an ambush” and a “hit piece” – focusing his attacks on Montana newsrooms. It’s clear that Sheehy is “starting to balk at the media scrutiny that comes with running for statewide office,” and as Montana Public Radio previously pointed out, “if Sheehy is this unaccountable as a candidate, one has to wonder how accountable he would be as a Senator.”
Sheehy attacked Montana media outlets for reporting the news during the podcast:
“I mean, I was on NBC Montana this morning, I had this like, you know,total joke of an ambush interview where they just, you know, hit you with all the crap you just read.”
“Like I said, I had this hit-piece news interview this morning. NBC Montana was like, hey, you know, why don't we talk about the stuff Montanans care about.”
“Montanans don't care about, you know, the Montana Free Press bagging on my business, they don't care about, you know, whether or not you know, somebody wrote an article in the Daily Beast, they don't care about that.”
“All of a sudden, all those same outlets, you know, all those same outlets, NBC Montana, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Lee, all of a sudden, you know, my businesses are corrupt. You know, I'm a terrible person. I'm incompetent, you know.”
The only thing certain about Tim Sheehy is that he would rather attack the press than address the issues that matter to Montanans.
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