The Scozzafava campaign has retracted spokesman Matt Burns’ earlier accusation that WEEKLY STANDARD reporter John McCormack “screamed questions (in-your-face-style)” at NY-23 Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava. The raucous behavior the campaign claimed prompted them to call the police on McCormack Monday didn’t happen, according to the reporter’s audio recording, reported on by the Associated Press:

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