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Democratic Maryland Governor Wes Moore is attacking his state\u2019s largest newspaper, The Baltimore Sun, for investigating his political record and probing potential falsehoods concerning his upbringing and military service.<\/p>\n
The Baltimore Sun is collaborating with sister television station Sinclair to scrutinize Gov. Wes Moore as he gears up for reelection and weighs a 2028 run for the White House, Semafor reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n The investigative series, Spotlight Maryland<\/a>,\u00a0includes FOX45 News, WJLA in Washington, D.C., and The Baltimore Sun. These outlets will examine whether Moore exaggerated his military service and investigate the athletic scholarships he received in college.<\/p>\n Reporters with Spotlight Maryland<\/span><\/span> have exchanged tense emails with Wes Moore\u2019s staff<\/span><\/span>, citing frustration over what they describe as a lack of transparency.<\/p>\n \u201cOur news team will continue pursuing this matter until they are satisfied that there is either no story \u2013 or until further investigation shows that events did not occur as they should have,\u201d the team wrote in one letter to Moore\u2019s office obtained by Semafor<\/a>. \u201cIf our team finds the latter, they will report that. \u2026 We are also prepared to present our findings and concerns to the Secretary of the Army\u2019s office; and if gets to that point, we fully expect it will have become a national level news story requiring the Army Secretary\u2019s attention.\u201d<\/p>\n Moore\u2019s team has complained that the investigation is \u201cneedlessly hostile and politically motivated,\u201d according to Semafor.<\/p>\n Then, the liberal governor ran to MS NOW.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Baltimore Sun used to be our paper of record,\u201d Moore told former Biden White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s now become the paper of the right-wing.\u201d<\/p>\n Moore complained that in 2024, media executive David Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, bought the paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019ve seen how their readership continued to decline, but it\u2019s happened because you\u2019ve had a MAGA billionaire who is now currying favor for the President of the United States,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n The liberal governor added that he was \u201cdeeply proud\u201d of his military service and claimed nobody in the U.S. Army questions his integrity.<\/p>\n In 2024, The New York Times<\/a> reported that Moore falsely claimed on a 2006 White House fellowship application that he had been awarded a Bronze Star for his military service while deployed in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n \u201cThe soldiers I served with don\u2019t question my integrity,\u201d Moore said. \u201cBut we are seeing how the right wing and these right-wing billionaires like David Smith is then using his wealth to be able to manipulate local media.\u201d<\/p>\n Spotlight on Maryland executive producer and managing editor Candy Woodall called out<\/a> Democrats for \u201cputting in a lot of work to discredit a series before it\u2019s even started running.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is standard journalism to scrutinize the words and records of elected officials and candidates who hold positions of power and public trust,\u201d Woodall said. \u201cIf you want to know more, keep reading The Baltimore Sun, a 200-year-old newspaper that has survived many governors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n