Gov. Parson Doubles Down on Push To Prosecute Reporter Who Found Security Flaw in State Site

Gov. Mike Parson escalated his war with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday when his political operation published a video doubling down on his attack against a reporter who informed the state that a state website revealed teacher Social Security numbers. From a report: The video is produced by Uniting Missouri, a political action committee created by Parson supporters to back his 2020 election campaign. The PAC continues to raise and spend large sums of money to promote Parson's political agenda. It operates without direct input from Parson on its activities.

'The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is purely playing politics,' the ad states. 'Exploiting personal information is a squalid excuse for journalism.' The ad comes less than a week after Parson's widely criticized demand for an investigation and prosecution of the reporter who discovered the security flaw in a state website, along with 'all those involved.' Parson read a statement calling the reporter 'a hacker' to reporters gathered outside his Missouri Capitol office last Thursday, then left without taking questions. John Hancock, chairman of Uniting Missouri, declined to discuss any specifics about the video.

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