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Alaska Producers Fired Over Jokes About Joe Miller Story

Ryan J. Reilly | November 2, 2010, 9:24PM

Republican candidate for US Senate in Alaska Joe Miller

Two producers for the Alaska television station KTVA are no longer with the CBS affiliate after an internal assessment found that they made comments that were were not in line with the station's standards, the channel said in a press release late Tuesday.

In a recording posted on the conservative website Big Government, individuals could be heard discussing a supposed plan to make up a sensational story on Miller -- in reality, joking that they would find a child molester who was voting Republican to tie him to Miller.

But the station found that contrary to the claims of the Miller campaign, neither the news director, an assignment editor or reporters for the station were involved in the recorded conversation, the station said.

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Tea Party Express Spent Almost $600,000 To Support Miller In Alaska Primary

Ryan J. Reilly | September 21, 2010, 11:02AM

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Joe Miller and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

When Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced on Friday that she was running as a write in candidate against Tea Party backed GOP Senate nominee Joe Miller, she noted the role that outside groups played in her narrow defeat.

"Alaska is not fair game for outside extremists," Murkowski said, taking a shot at the Tea Party Express and its efforts on behalf of her opponent.

A review of the Tea Party Express' expenditures by Talking Points Memo shows just how influential a role the group played. The Tea Party Express (TPE) -- or as it is known, the Our Country Deserves Better (OCDB) PAC -- spent $592,174.97 to support Miller as of Sept. 17