AMG

I'm going to take a hiatus from writing Media Watch. The value of a blog depends on regularity, IMHO, and I no longer have the time to meet even the most elastic blog deadlines. However I do plan to continue commenting on current media issues, including the perennial -- and real -- matter of liberal bias, so I'm just moving my soapbox over to AMG's Public Square. See you there.

AUGUSTA — Yes, he registered as a lobbyist four times during his 36-year career as a lawyer. Yes, his law firm represented oil companies. But did independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler work for big oil companies as a lobbyist for most of his career?

No.

Lead on a Portland Press Herald story

Is this an editorial or a news story? If it's a news story who is asking the questions and who is answering them. Where's the attribution?