PORTLAND (AP) – The Hannaford supermarket chain says it’s pulling advertising from WGME-TV.

The Scarborough-based company says it’s doing that for what it calls “aggressive” reporting of a security breach that put the credit and debit card information of millions of consumers at risk.

WGME says it asked Hannaford if its coverage included any factual errors, but Hannaford only says the coverage has been too “aggressive.” The station says it made several attempts to ask Hannaford for more information, but got no response.

News 13 General Manager Terry Cole says all of the station’s news decisions are made independently of its sales efforts.

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From WGME

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