In today’s media world, it’s not enough to publish stories. News organizations must be prepared to defend them, and themselves, as well.
The Washington Post showed how to do it this afternoon, turning the tables on James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas.
A woman approached reporters the day after its original Roy Moore blockbuster ran, purporting to have been impregnated by Moore as a 15-year-old. The reporters checked her background and found … well, read the story for the details. The best part of this report is how it lays out O’Keefe’s methods for soliciting the quotes he needs for his misleading videos. The fake victim kept asking the reporters for assurances her story would cost Moore the election.
This is a good example of the level to which Republicans will stoop when an election is on the line — so low they’d need a ladder to reach the gutter. Thank heavens they’re this dumb.