Putting together a thread & compiling a list of media outlets Grant Lally, owner of the North Shore Leader, lied to about publishing his big $11M George Santos expose in September 2022...
Grant Lally thought so little of his big Santos scoop, he didn't list it on the front page of his paper & it was on the next to last page of the issue. The digital version of the issue is the only one missing on the NSL site...
theleaderonline.com/social-media
What I call a bald faced lie, Grant Lally calls an "error", one he has yet to correct publicly. In mid Feb 2023, Lally sent a text to a reporter acknowledging he told another reporter about his "error"...
Even then, Grant Lally likely lied again. The meta data for the online Santos $11M story & his endorsement of Robert Zimmerman w his criticism of Santos show they were both posted online the same day the print issues were dated...
Grant Lally's Oct 20 2022 endorsement of Santos' opponent, Robert Zimmerman, didn't stand out from the other endorsements on page 4. Nothing on the cover...
List of media outlets that erroneously reported Grant Lally published his $11M in Santos expose in September 2022. First, the Independent UK on Jan 23 2023...
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
PBS News Hour on Jan 9 2023...
As late as May 10 2023 prominent Twitter accounts like @emptywheel were touting Grant Lally's big scoop & linking to the PBS interview....
WP's @sarahellison knows Grant Lally lied about the Sept 2022 publication date but, as far as I know, the paper never issued a correction...
washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/…
Funny thing is Robert Zimmerman's campaign manager did take note of both NSL's Santos stories & tweeted links to them. His account is now locked & his boss is raking in $15k/mo from the Las Vegas Sands to promote a casino in Nassau County...
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.