Cayetano Puts TV Stations on Notice Over Attack Ads  Screen shot
Ben Cayetano wants Honolulu’s local TV stations to stop airing
certain ads by the Pacific Resource Partnership, otherwise he
might include them as defendants in a defamation lawsuit he
lodged last week.  On Monday, Cayetano’s attorney, Jim
Bickerton, sent letters to the general managers of Hawaii News
Now, KHON and KITV saying they could be culpable for damaging
his client’s reputation by knowingly running PRP attack ads that
include misleading and possibly inaccurate information.  In the
letter, Bickerton said there needs to be “immediate action” to
prevent further harm to Cayetano’s character. Bickerton wants
the managers to “cease and desist” from airing any of PRP’s ads
until each station has verified the allegations made in the
commercials.  Specifically, Bickerton said the allegations that
must be confirmed are that Cayetano “broke campaign spending
laws, engaged in quid pro quo bribery and kept six figure sums
of illegal contributions fo