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| Larry Connors |
Dan Caesar at stltoday.com reports the station is examining
Conners’ recent allegations that he was targeted by the Internal Revenue
Service after interviewing President Barack Obama.
“He’s not suspended. We just all thought it made sense (for
him) to take a few days off,” news director Sean McLaughlin said Thursday.
“We take this very seriously, and we don’t expect this to
drag on. We’re still looking into the situation and weighing our options,” he
said.
The situation arose Monday night with a post from Conners on
his Facebook page. In that post, Conners said he had been getting “pressure” from
the IRS after the Obama interview in April 2012. (See original posting, Click Here.)
The Facebook post begins: “I don’t accept ‘conspiracy
theories,’ but I do know that almost immediately after the interview, the IRS
started hammering me.”
In conclusion, Conners wrote: “Can I prove it? At this time,
no. But it is a fact that since that April 2012 interview … the IRS has been
pressuring me.”
Obama recently booted the acting IRS director because of
allegations that the Internal Revenue Service has targeted conservative groups
for extra scrutiny when applying for nonprofit status.
On Tuesday — in a televised statement near the end of KMOV’s
5 p.m. newscast — Conners backed off that initial claim.
“To be fair, I should disclose that my issues with the IRS
preceded that interview (with Obama) by several years,” Conners said Tuesday in
the 35-second statement.
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