Journalistic malpractice

Six voters are featured in an advertisement denouncing Rep. Paul Gosar, Republican from Arizona, in his re-election bid. The six talk of the candidate’s many failings. Then we get the big reveal: all six are Gosar’s siblings. I think the candidate is going to have a lonely Thanksgiving. And Christmas.



The *New York Times* published an article saying Rod Rosenstein had been discussing whether the 25th Amendment should be invoked to oust the nasty guy. Rosenstein, deputy Attorney General and the one refusing to fire Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, denies it.

In a Twitter thread, Leah McElrath states her complaint:

Publishing an incendiary report like this based on such thin and distant sourcing is journalistic malpractice. Publishing an incendiary report like this without revealing the relationships of the sources to Trump (ie “close to the WH” or “Dem operative”) constitutes propaganda.

She also sees a reason behind the article. It serves as justification for the nasty guy to fire Rosenstein. And that firing doesn’t need to be based on the truth (which can be said of a lot of things this administration does).



I had mentioned Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s strange finances. Steve Reilly, investigative reporter and Pulitzer finalist, tells more. He found that in 2005 Kavanaugh had a net worth of $91K. In early 2006 Kavanaugh took out a $980K mortgage on a $1.2M house with a down payment of $245K. Where did the money come from?