A Washington State newspaper is making an unusual demand of a Republican Senate candidate, which the campaign says is a political ploy.

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/50215

The Seattle Times told Republican Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley in September she had to cut their masthead out of her campaign ads, saying it “left the mistaken impression the Times had endorsed her campaign.” But the ad only featured headlines from the paper, something almost every campaign ad does to highlight relevant issues for voters.