"There ain't no truth in that," he insisted.
Oh my. Usually a paper cleans up quotes like that for those they favor.
That may be cleaned up. That is good for Linwood, he was making quotes to the press. Who wouldn't chose their words carefully.
Nifong CREATED a position for Linwood, which gave him a big pay raise. Linwood keeps trying to take responsibility, maybe that's why he was hired.