Sali’s Irascible Aide Hoffman Prompts New Blog

Can’t swing a dead cat around the blogosphere these days without hitting a site that’s going after Rep. Bill Sali and his staff. New to the fray are the editors over at the Idaho Press-Tribune, who unveiled their blog Wednesday. Among the first posts is one titled “Wayne Hoffman: The man behind today’s launch.” Hoffman is Rep. Bill Sali’s spokesman and a former Press-Tribune (and Statesman) reporter. Hoffman was so exercised by a Sunday Press-Tribune editorial criticizing Sali’s dysfunctional office operations that he said, a bit hyperbolically, that the piece bordered on libel ( Click here for the quote )/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. More here .

Idaho Press-Tribune begins blog

Question: Is a congressman’s PR flack doing his job he’s making as much negative news as Sali?