The Upside-Down Ethics of "The Washington Post"
The newspaper sat on the Alito flag news for three and half years. The story reveals how clinging to a notion of journalistic impartiality can harm basic reporting.
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The newspaper sat on the Alito flag news for three and half years. The story reveals how clinging to a notion of journalistic impartiality can harm basic reporting.
Questions about burying the story and later withholding the details when they again seemed relevant -- as during reporting on Ginni Thomas -- is another truth bomb dropped on the American public.
The Times has all but admitted the Alitos were victims of harassment and the flag inversion was linked not to Jan. 6 but to a dispute between neighbors.
The Washington Post revealed on Saturday that they passed on the Justice Alito flag controversy in 2021 after a reporter confronted the Alitos about it at the time.
The Washington Post revealed on Saturday that the outlet initially passed on the Samuel Alito flag story in 2021 after its former Supreme Court reporter had a confrontation over it with the justice's wife.