County chair-elect was truthful in telling News-Journal it had published story 4 years ago on dropped charge against him
Daytona newspaper's own archives show issue was addressed in March 10, 2008 publication, despite sensational reporting earlier this month as 'news'
DAYTONA BEACH -- Even though County Chair-elect Jason Davis told a Daytona Beach News-Journal reporter in a front page story on Dec. 6, that a charge of fraud against him a decade ago had been dropped in an interview he gave the newspaper four years ago when he was running for Congress and published, it was nonetheless reported as fresh "news."
An online search of the News-Journal's print archives shows that indeed Jason Davis was telling the truth as demonstrated in a story published March 10, 2008, on the print newspaper's local section front under the headline, "Incumbent Fennel no sure thing for House seat."