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The campaign for Oz’s opponent, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, pointed out the woman's ties to the celebrity TV doctor.

: As Sheila Armstrong grew emotional in recounting how her brother and nephew were killed in Philadelphia, Dr. Mehmet Oz — sitting next to her inside a Black church, their chairs arranged a bit like his former daytime TV show set — placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

What no one said at the time is that Armstrong – certainly sincere in her grief – works for Oz’s U.S. Senate campaign in Pennsylvania. The campaign for Oz’s opponent, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, pointed out Amstrong’s ties to the celebrity TV doctor. : Fetterman’s campaign manager, Brendan McPhillips, complained on Twitter that the AP had failed to share a pertinent fact with readers: that Armstrong is not an ordinary voter but a paid member of the Oz campaign staff.of a business card Armstrong had shared on her public Instagram account in June, identifying her as the Oz campaign’s “Philadelphia County Coordinator,” above a “doctorozforsenate.com” email address.

Why is the AP giving no scrutiny to a candidate who has been a professional liar on TV for over a decade?

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