You could try changing:
Code:
dict(attrs={'class':['dblClkTrk', 'ec-article-info',
'share_inline_header', 'related-items']}),
,
in remove tags, to:
Code:
dict(attrs={'class':['dblClkTrk', 'ec-article-info',
'share_inline_header', 'related-items',
'pullquote']}),
I think the 'problem' was a feature to more accurately represent the published content