Thursday, October 04, 2018
Ryan Lizza's Hit Piece On Devin Nunes' Family Is Deeply Flawed
On theFederalist website, Mollie Hemingway wrote about this and closed with:
"The article was premised on the idea that family members — family members! — of a journalist’s political opponent should be stalked and threatened. It framed publicly known information as a nefarious secret. It mischaracterized the views of the politician in question. And even if it obscured the reporter’s troubled sexual history, other journalists should have enough memory of the last year to wonder whether his high-profile #MeToo firing played a role in town residents’ concern.
Unless there is a very good reason, distant family members of politicians should be off limits for hit pieces. At a time when many Americans are concerned about the ethics of journalists, there is no need to give them ammunition for their concern. And the attaboys from fellow journalists only confirm people’s worst suspicions about journalists and their ability to enforce norms of decency and fairness."
