Hull really didn’t think they were running negative ads.
The ad attacking Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes was broadcast Friday morning on stations serving Springfield and Champaign. But a station official conceded the ad aired inadvertently. “It was our fault,” said Cindy Larsen, an official for the NBC affiliates. “We pulled the wrong tape and put on the wrong spot.”
Ah, hell, both sides wanted to do it anyway.